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Join HCPro regulatory experts Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, and Yvette DeVay, MHA, CPC, CPMA, CIC, for this free, 60-minute webinar as they discuss details for coding COVID-19 and how to ensure your facility is prepared to report and bill for these critical services.
$100 billion-plus in CARES Act for healthcare: Three ways to get it
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Recent versions of legislation recognize the existential financial threat many healthcare organizations are under as they fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Clinical and coding considerations of COVID-19
Source: ACDIS
Review clinical and coding considerations of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with Angie Comfort, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CICA, and Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS.
AMA publishes CPT guidance on reporting COVID-19 visits
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced on March 26 new CPT coding and reporting guidance for physicians and medical practices, intended to simplify reporting of in-person and online visit services for COVID-19 patients.
 

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HIPAA Q&A: Third-party charges, patient portal, password retention
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Q: HHS recently issued a notice that fee limitations will apply only to an individual’s request for access to their own records and not to an individual’s request to transmit records to a third party. Will limitations imposed by state law now apply?
 

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Q&A: Applying charges for therapy across different payers
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Q: Our new EHR system was built using logic for therapy charging based on both the AMA and CMS eight-minute rules. Charges will generate differently based on the payer. How do others implement the eight-minute rules? How do you think using two charging methodologies in this world of price transparency will look?

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