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Billing Telehealth Updates for the South Central Region – March 2021

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Since the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE), has not yet been renewed (currently set to end April 20 th ), several payors have not extended their telehealth policies beyond that. Cognitive test by hc pro. However, since the pandemic continues, the Federal PHE will almost certainly be renewed for another 90 days.

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Paying for value. I’m overwhelmed. Please read this.

Society for Participatory Medicine

The more money spent on healthcare, the less money is spent on our wages, public health, safety, everything. Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance companies write the checks, but their accounts are filled by us as taxpayers and employees. Hospitals and professional practices respond to how they get paid more than anything.

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Weekender 4/5/19

HIStalk Weekender

This reminds me that serious thinkers wonder whether diverting the last trillion or so marginal dollars from health care to education might actually improve public health outcomes more effectively. Do they pay a record storage fee to the HC org to hold their data? Randy Bak ). Clustered ). Can they modify their record?

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