Title: Telehealth Tune Up: Learn How to Stay Compliant and Protect Reimbursement in 2022 (and a Look into 2023) Best Practices!

Presenter: Terry Fletcher CPC, CCC, CMC, CMSCS, CMCS, CCS-P, CCS, CEMC, ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMCRC, QMGC, QMPM
Time: 1:02:32 Hour

Description: This webinar discusses telehealth definitions, the new HIPAA guidance on telehealth visits, and Place of Service (POS) codes for telehealth services during the PHE. Telehealth questions are explored, such as, "Can you bill for a phone call under E/M Office visit?" You will also learn what not to bill for under the 1135 waiver, examine telehealth updates following the end of the PHE, and conclude with a telehealth summary .

Objectives:

•  The Telehealth definition under the PHE Section One
•  Who can and cannot provide Telehealth Services
•  Consent language for your EMR/Patient Record
•  2022 New POS - Place of Service Codes for Telehealth
•  E-visits - Portal Visits

Main Points:

•  Watch waivers for crossing state lines. Many have expired.
•  Consolidations Appropriations Act 2022 - Congressional Extension of Telehealth
•  Public Health Emergency (PHE) Waiver 1135
•  Telehealth Payer Definitions
•  Telehealth Approved Technology
•  Telehealth: Verbal Consent
•  Telehealth Visit Set-Up Tips - Audio and Video
•  E-Visits
•  Consent Language for your EMR/Patient Record
•  Telehealth Summary

Speaker

Ms. Terry Fletcher is a Specialty Coding Industry Coding and Billing Expert, auditor, and educator based in Laguna Beach, California, with over 30 years' experience.

Terry is a past member of the National Advisory Board for AAPC, past Chair of the AAPCCA, and AAPC National and Regional Conference Educator. Ms. Fletcher is an Advisory Board Member for ICD10Monitor.com, Editorial Advisor for Cardiology Coding Alert! & Practice Management Coding Alert! from The Coding Institute. Ms. Fletcher is an Educator for McVey Seminars, MGMA, MMI, AAPC, AHIMA, ICD10Monitor University, NSCHBC, and her company, Terry Fletcher Consulting, Inc., teaching over 100 specialty coding seminars, teleconferences, and webinars every year.

Terry is the author of several coding and reimbursement publications, as well as a practice auditor for multiple specialty practices around the country.

Terry holds a bachelor's degree (BS) in economics, multiple certifications in coding, and her proficiency certification in ICD-10-CM: CPC, CCC, CEMC, SCP-CA, ACS-CA, CCS-P, CCS, CMSCS, CMCS, CMC, QMGC, QMCRC, QMPM. Her coding and reimbursement specialties include: Cardiology, Peripheral-Cardiology, Gastroenterology, E/M Auditing, Orthopedics, General Surgery, and Telemedicine/Telehealth services.

www.terryfletcher.net
terryfletchercpc@aol.com