By: Dr.Chelsia Bhatti The Holiday season of 2020 is going to be like no other holiday time in history that any of us has ever experienced. COVID-19 started many months ago, and unfortunately, we have entered a resurgence of COVID cases across the country recently-and this time it is everywhere, not just in pockets. In […]
As we learned earlier this week, there has been a push for approval from the FDA for emergency use of a COVID vaccine. On the heels of the news, the AMA announced new CPT codes for each of the two COVID vaccines as well as administration codes for each vaccine. Releasing the CPT codes ahead
There is some good news for providers who requested and received Medicare advance payments. H.R. 8337 Continuing Appropriates Act, 2021, and other Extensions Act states made some changes for repayment for of the Accelerated/Advance Payment that was offered to providers. The changes are: 1. The automatic payments will be extended to now begin one year
(This article is the culmination of “Implement Telehealth into Your Medical Practice Parts 1 and 2) In the past, the rules and restrictions surrounding the billing of telemedicine visits by Medicare were very tight. Because of the global pandemic that we currently find ourselves in, there has been a loosening of restrictions surrounding this service
(This article is a continuation of “Implement Telehealth into Your Medical Practice Part 1) Getting started with telehealth in your medical practice is not as daunting a task as it may seem. There may be some things to get used to, but once you start implementing it and using it, you will see how it
To many clinicians, just the term “telemedicine” brings on a collective groan. How can adding more technology to your medical practice be a great thing? After all, implementing and utilizing EMR’s in the practice for many was a headache, and for some, still is. But creating telemedicine as a service line in your practice will
Just a few short months ago, no one would have been able to predict that there would be a virus that would wreak havoc on our daily lives and that this crisis would spur such upheaval as it has in the medical community at large. Unfortunately, this is the reality that we are living in
This information is current as of 03/27/2020 Our first thoughts: Here at AIEMM, during this time of crisis, above all we hope you and your families are safe. All clinicians, Nurses, Firefighters, police officers, EMT’s, truck drivers, public transportation, garbage people, grocery stores clerk, stockers etc., gas stations and the restaurants who are still trying
As tradition always had it, workers would clock in at their jobs at 9am and clock out at 5 pm. Sometimes, there would be instances in which the employees would be required to come into work early or stay late. With the advent of technology, however, the world evolved and came closer together. People were
I have encountered phrases over and over again such as revenue is down from last month or February is a bad month. I’m going challenging both of these concepts with insights as to the revenue cycle. After all, it’s called revenue cycle and not revenue linear. In reviewing financial performance I have seen many organizations
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