Teaching Physicians: Get the Scoop On When to Report Telehealth
Hint: The teaching physician needs to furnish all key critical elements of the service.
If you have been puzzling as to how to code for telehealth services provided by teaching physicians and whether the rules apply to them, there’s help at hand. Get the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) stand on the issue from Kenneth J. Marsalek of CMS’s Division of Practitioner Services, who shared some applicable tips during a Dec. 9, 2015 Medicare Physicians Open Door Forum.
Background: CMS covers telehealth services for patients who are in a rural Health Professional Shortage Area...
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