Coronavirus Policy Update: Add These 4 Changes to Your COVID-19 Playbook

Why This Topic Matters

Providers and billing professionals needed to keep pace with rapidly changing pandemic-related guidance affecting reimbursement, compliance, telehealth access, and lab operations. The article helps readers understand which parts of the federal response were changing and why regular policy review mattered.

Article Sections

1. Know the PHE Extension Specifics

   Discusses the ongoing federal public health emergency timeline and the broader Medicare and HHS flexibilities tied to it. It also notes the need to monitor policy updates and related guidance closely.

2. Get the Scoop on 11 New Telehealth Additions

   Covers CMS telehealth expansion activity during the emergency period and the addition of new services to the Medicare telehealth list. The section also places the update in the context of earlier telehealth changes.

3. AMA Offers 2 New CPT® Codes for Flu and COVID-19 Combo

   Summarizes the AMA’s release of new CPT code additions related to respiratory testing during the pandemic. It explains that the update was part of ongoing changes to the CPT code set.

4. Clinical Lab Certification Just Got Easier

   Describes CMS changes intended to streamline clinical laboratory certification and related administrative steps. It also mentions updated online payment and guidance resources for labs.