As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS has allowed the use of virtual visits, specifically ‘e-visits,’ for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. To help you better understand these new guidelines, we’ve partnered with Rick Gawenda and Nancy Beckley to host a webinar series covering how to put these new guidelines into practice so you can continue to support and care for your patients while maintaining appropriate social distancing protocols.
These webinars are part of the MedBridge enterprise solution. Our complete solution of professional development and patient engagement tools helps organizations attract and retain staff, elevate quality of care, and improve outcomes.
In part one of this webinar series, we discuss the guidelines of what these e-visits can include, billing and reimbursement amounts for the e-visits, as well as documentation and compliance requirements. This discussion also includes the latest information on the ability to provide telehealth services to your Medicare beneficiaries and commercial insurance carrier patients.
In part two of the series, we continue to discuss the significant changes that CMS has implemented and provide up to date information straight from CMS and the OIG associated with telehealth and e-visits.
Rick Gawenda, PT, is founder and President of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. In this role, he has provided valuable education and consulting to hospitals, private practices, and rehabilitation agencies in the areas of CPT/ICD-9 coding, billing, documentation compliance, revenue enhancement, and denial management as they relate to outpatient therapy services. Mr. Gawenda is also a past President of both the APTA Section on Health & Administration and Michigan Association of Medical Program Rehabilitation Administrators.
Nancy J. Beckley is the president of Nancy Beckley & Associates LLC, a firm specializing in rehab and therapy compliance. The firm offers compliance outsourcing, risk assessment, compliance plan development, annual compliance training, external audits, and investigation support. Long considered the top subject matter expert in rehab agency and CORF development, Nancy has worked with over 125 rehab agencies and CORFs in program development, survey and certification, and policy and procedure development.
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