Telehealth Information

Telehealth Information

Telehealth Information By Nicoleta Rahovan, CPC, CANPC – Lead Coder On March 6, 2020 CMS broadened access to Medicare Telehealth services during COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). These guidelines are effective for DOS on and after March 1, 2020, until the end of...
Identifying COVID-19 Patients

Identifying COVID-19 Patients

Identifying COVID-19 Patients By Nicoleta Rahovan, CPC, CANPC – Lead Coder On March 18, 2020, the CDC announced that The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a new diagnosis code U07.1, COVID-19 that may be used for DOS on or after April 1, 2020. This code can...
COVID-19 – RCM Company Update

COVID-19 – RCM Company Update

COVID-19 – RCM COMPANY UPDATE by BY GARY CONWAY, PRESIDENT Like so many of you, we have spent the last several days and weeks learning about the coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it is impacting our world. For RCM, that means understanding how it affects our employees,...