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March 27, 2020
Published by Nikki Golden at March 27, 2020
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Last month, ISASS began a major initiative to increase the number of ISASS members in the AMA in order to maintain the ISASS seat in the AMA House of Delegates. Through membership in the AMA House of Delegates, ISASS is also able to be an active participant in several AMA bodies, including the AMA House of Delegates, the AMA CPT Editorial Panel, the AMA/Multi-Specialty Relativity Update Committee (RUC), and the AMA Federal Advocacy and Policy Federation, among others. It is through this activity that ISASS has been able to directly achieve many important outcomes that have benefited ISASS members. ISASS asked its surgeon members to please make sure they had membership in the AMA. ISASS board members also directly reached […]
March 27, 2020
Published by Nikki Golden at March 27, 2020
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Centers for Medicare and Medicare (CMS) have updated their policy on provision and payments for patient visits conducted via telehealth. Prior to the crisis, most payers only paid for certain telehealth patient encounters and often required modifiers and lowered reimbursement rates. However, in March 2020, CMS fully allowed all patient encounters conducted via telehealth to be coded with modifiers and at 100% reimbursement levels. These policies are meant to encourage all encounters that can be done in non-face-to-face manner to reduce direct interaction between physicians, patients, patient families, and staff. Several national private payers have also similarly allowed telehealth visits without restrictions. Click here to see CMS update on telehealth policies. Click here […]
March 27, 2020
Published by Nikki Golden at March 27, 2020
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued guidance to health care providers on prevention of COVID-19 spread through physician offices as well as how to protect patients, staff and providers from exposure. This guidance is intended to provide physician offices with resources for staff and patients as well as manage offices in safe and sanitary methods. Click here for more information on CDC guidance and guidelines.
March 27, 2020
Published by Nikki Golden at March 27, 2020
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On March 17, 2020, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that in light of the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency, it is exercising its enforcement discretion and, effective immediately, will not impose penalties on physicians using telehealth in the event of noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Physicians may seek to communicate with patients and provide telehealth services through remote communications technologies. Some of these technologies, and their use, may not fully comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Rules. The March 17 announcement means that physicians who want to use audio or video communication technology to provide telehealth to patients during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency can use any […]