Comply with State COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and Deadlines
Before you spend hours debating whether to mandate your staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19, you should figure out if you really have a choice. It may not actually be up to you. covid vaccine...
View ArticleReduce Legal Risk of Requiring COVID Vaccine for Practice Staff
Mandating vaccines for your practice may or may not be your choice, but how you transition to this trend is fraught with risk if not managed correctly. Between federal regulations, state requirements,...
View ArticleImprove Accuracy & Boost Pay-up with New COVID Vaccine Codes
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently issued 11 new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to help make your coding for COVID-19 vaccines more accurate – and hopefully improve your...
View ArticleCourt Halts LA Injunction on CMS Vaccine Mandate
Note: The information in this post was accurate as of December 17, 2021. CMS vaccine mandate. The CMS vaccine mandate is back on in 26 states – sort of. On Wednesday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals...
View ArticleCut Confusion Qualifying COVID Employee Disability Status
out whether an employee’s COVID-19 infection qualifies them for disability protections has been left up to you. Making the wrong decision could open you up to expensive litigation and fines for your...
View ArticleNew ICD-10-CM Codes for Partially & Unvaccinated Patients
You’ll soon have new ICD-10-CM Z codes to report when treating patients who are partially vaccinated or unvaccinated for COVID-19. Unvaccinated patients. This new code set, effective April 1, 2022,...
View ArticleMust You Offer Remote Work Instead of a COVID Vaccine?
Q: We have a member of our administrative staff who refuses to get the COVID vaccine. However, she doesn’t qualify for a vaccine exemption. As an alternative to being vaccinated, the employee has...
View ArticleClaim Denial Telehealth: Check 2 Items Before Refiling
QUESTION: We just received our first denial for a telehealth service using audio-visual. The claim was filed with office visit code 99212, place of service 02 for telehealth and modifier 95. Can you...
View ArticleNew CDC Practice Mask Rules: Cut Confusion at Your Practice
Changing CDC mask guidelines have left your practice scrambling to keep up. Must you require your patients and employees to mask up, or can you move to making masks optional? Making the wrong decision...
View ArticleFind out How the End of the PHE Will Impact Medical Practices
Although most medical practices have become accustomed to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) being continually extended, it was clear that eventually would end—and now it seems that time will...
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