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Take note of the regulation updates that roll back some Stark rules and allow business associates to release information to public health officials.
 
 
You’ll find upheaval, opportunity and a sneak peek at looming documentation changes as a new Medicare payment rule addressing the COVID-19 crisis, issued March 31, breaks with numerous longstanding policy measures.
 
 
The new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) takes effect today (April 1) and to help you use it, the government has issued new ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting specific to the code.
 
 
You'll find an additional 90 codes, including home visits (99341-99350) and critical care codes (99291-99292), that are billable to Medicare when your providers use telehealth services for the patient encounters.
 
 
You’ll be able to test drive the 2021 guidelines for E/M office visits and report telephone E/M services during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an interim final rule released at the end of the day.
 

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