BC Advantage - 2021 Issue 10

Not All Remote Services are Telehealth: Know Your Codes!

A year and half into the coronavirus pandemic, confusion still remains over a variety of remote services that are often lumped into the same category as telehealth but have their own unique codes and billing guidelines. CMS has given them the somewhat unwieldy label of "communications technology based services" (CTBS) and this article will provide you with the details you need to know for compliance purposes.CTBS vs. telehealth services: Knowing the differencesBoth require a signed patient consent form. You can have the patient sign a single form to cover a year, and you can avoid having two forms...

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