Getting Paid for COVID-19 Lab Tests
From CMS and CGS: COVID-19: Which Laboratory Claims Require the NPI of the Ordering/Referring Professional? During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS is relaxing billing requirements for a limited number …
Insights and News
CMS Issues Guidance to Ensure States Have a Plan in Place to Safely Reopen Nursing Homes
CMS announced new guidance for state and local officials to ensure the safe reopening of nursing homes across the country. From CMS’ Press Release: Because COVID-19 poses an elevated threat …
Updates for Telephone Evaluation and Management Visits
From CGS: The March 30 Interim Final Rule with Comment Period added coverage during the Public Health Emergency for audio-only telephone evaluation and management visits (CPT codes 99441, 99442, and …
VA Community Care Network (CCN) Starting in June for Region 4
From TriWest’s May 2020 Provider Pulse: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) new Community Care Network (CCN) is beginning its rollout in Region 4 on June 8, 2020. CCN is …
SAMHSA Seeks Applicants for Emergency COVID-19 Grants for Suicide Prevention
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing an emergency $40 million grant program to prevent suicide. The fiscal year (FY) 2020 COVID-19 Emergency Response for Suicide …
CMS Issues Nursing Homes Best Practices Toolkit to Combat COVID-19
Today CMS released a new toolkit developed to aid nursing homes with additional resources to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic within nursing homes. The toolkit is comprised …
Home Health Agencies: Issue with iQIES Resolved, Make Sure to Re-Submit Impacted Claims!
From the iQIES known issues website: “Some HHA users who use the iQIES user tool to create and submit their OASIS assessments were having their claims Returned to the Provider …
Nursing Homes: First Week of COVID-19 Data is Due to the CDC by Sunday, May 17th!
Nursing homes are now required to report the first week of COVID-19 data to the CDC beginning May 8 but no later than May 17. All nursing homes will be …
OASIS-E Roll Out will be Delayed due to COVID-19
From CMS’ new interim final rule: Home health agencies will be required to use OASIS-E to begin collecting data on the two TOH Information Measures beginning with discharges and transfers …
IRS Updates FAQs on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
The IRS has updated several questions and answers regarding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Click here to access the IRS’ website for coronavirus tax relief and economic impact payments. The …