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CMS Issued Extensive Updates to its Medicare Billing FAQs
CMS updated the COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing by adding or updating the following numerous FAQs for the following areas of billing:
- Laboratory Diagnostic Services, FAQs 9-13.
- Hospital Outpatient – Locations Off Campus, FAQs 2-17
- Hospital Outpatient Therapeutic Services Furnished In Temporary Expansion Locations, FAQs 1-3
- Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Services, FAQs 1-3
- Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), FAQs 12-15
- Medicare Telehealth, FAQs 2-4, 15, 23, 36-42
- Scope of Practice (All New!), FAQs 1-4
- Additional Flexibility under the Teaching Physician Regulations (All New!), FAQs 1-5
- Medicare Shared Savings Program – Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), FAQs 10-27
- Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs), FAQ 3
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Services, FAQs 2-10
- Skilled Nursing Facility Services, FAQs 5-6
- Home Health, FAQs 7-13
- Durable Medical Equipment Interim Pricing in the CARES Act (All New!), FAQs 1-6
- Medical Education (All New!), FAQs 1-4
- Applicability Dates of Provisions in Second Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) (All New!), FAQ 1
The latest FAQs have a “New” or “Updated” date of 6/19/20.