CMS addresses chronic care management guidelines and how practitioners can offer access to care and care continuity, with reference to communication methods such as secure messaging, secure web, or other methods.
This is a central location for locating supervising physician in teaching setting information, including links to related CMS resources and references.
Care plan oversight (CPO) is supervision of patients under care of home health agencies or hospices that require complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician development and/or revision of care plans, review of…
Physician or allowed practitioner services involving certification and recertification of Medicare-covered home health services may be separately coded and reimbursed.
Effective January 1, 2023, changes were made to hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management codes. Review this article for tips on proper code submissions.
Telehealth services substitute for an in-person visits and involve two-way, interactive technology permitting communication between the practitioner and patient. Recent legislation authorized an extension of many of the Medicare telehealth…
Learn more about billing Medicare for prolonged hospital inpatient or observation care E/M services exceeding the maximum time by at least 15 minutes on the date of service.
Observation care is a well-defined set of specific, clinically appropriate services, which include ongoing short-term treatment, assessment, and reassessment, furnished while a decision is being made regarding whether a patient will require…