decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2026 Issue 5 (May)
Family practice leads way with virtual check-in service, while other specialties sputter
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Article Overview
This article reviews Medicare claims trends for the virtual check-in service across multiple specialties, focusing on 2024 payment and denial patterns and how reporting varied by specialty. It also notes the 2025 change in coding for the service and places the discussion in the context of Medicare Part B claims analysis. The piece is relevant to physicians, billing staff, and coding professionals who follow office-based telehealth-related services and specialty-level reimbursement trends.
Why This Topic Matters
Understanding specialty-level claims performance for this service can help coding and billing teams recognize utilization and denial patterns in Medicare data and stay aware of the code transition discussed in the article.
What You Will Learn
- How Medicare claims data were used to assess specialty-level reporting of the virtual check-in service
- Which specialties showed higher or lower denial patterns in the reported data
- What coding change took effect in 2025 for the virtual check-in service
- How payment totals and claim volume are presented in the article’s analysis
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Practice managers
- Revenue cycle professionals
Codes Discussed
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