Download:Telehealth in Alabama during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Information affecting requirements for coding and billing of telehealth services - Kim Garner Huey
Download: Alabama Medicaid Extends Temporary Telemedicine Coverage
As of March 13, 2020, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has automated testing approval. The use of this process will allow for approval in minutes. Physicians are asked to discontinue the use of PUIFax immediately. Please click here and complete the online automated consultation form.
Waived Medicare Telehealth Restrictions
On March 6, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplement Appropriations Act of 2020,” (H.R. 6074) which provided $8.3 billion in emergency funding for federal agencies to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and gave Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar authority to waive certain Medicare telehealth restrictions. Effective March 6, 2020 and for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency, healthcare providers may offer expanded telehealth services under the waivers.
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March 17, 2020
CMS released FAQs outlining the new Medicare telehealth waiver.
CMS releases Medicaid fee-for-service telehealth guidance.
Telehealth Services Eligible Code List: CMS Guidelines Booklet
Expanded Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement Fact Sheet
Families First Coronavirus Response Act" – What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare
Download Fact Sheet - Burr Forman, LLP
Download Checklist to Prepare Physician Offices for COVID-19
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