Practices have new telehealth med management, preventive care codes

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers identify whether their telehealth billing workflows are affected by recent CMS updates for psychiatric medication management, preventive services, and crosswalked behavioral health services. It is useful for coding, compliance, and reimbursement teams tracking telehealth policy changes.

Article Sections

1. Telehealth pharmacologic management update

   Discusses a CMS telehealth G-code added for medication management and the context for its inclusion in telehealth reporting. The section also addresses timing, payment context, and policy considerations around telehealth behavioral health services.

2. New preventive services added to the telehealth list

   Summarizes additional CMS preventive service codes that were added to the telehealth services list. The section groups the new services by screening, counseling, and behavioral therapy categories.

3. Crosswalk from deleted CPT codes to newer CPT codes

   Describes how certain pre-existing telehealth services were mapped from deleted CPT codes to later CPT codes. The section presents the crosswalk changes at a high level without detailed coding rules.

4. Official resources

   Lists CMS reference materials and transmittals cited by the article for further review.