Download:Telehealth during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Information affecting requirements for coding and billing of telehealth services - Kim Garner Huey


Waived Medicare Telehealth Restrictions
On March 6, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplement Appropriations Act of 2020,” (H.R. 6074) which provided $8.3 billion in emergency funding for federal agencies to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and gave Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar authority to waive certain Medicare telehealth restrictions. Effective March 6, 2020 and for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency, healthcare providers may offer expanded telehealth services under the waivers.
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March 17, 2020

CMS released FAQs outlining the new Medicare telehealth waiver.
CMS releases Medicaid fee-for-service telehealth guidance. 

Telehealth Services Eligible Code List: CMS Guidelines Booklet

Expanded Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement Fact Sheet

Families First Coronavirus Response Act" – What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare
Download Fact Sheet - Burr Forman, LLP

Download Checklist to Prepare Physician Offices for COVID-19
(American Academy of Family Physicians)


Stay Up To Date - Links

MGMA COVID-19 Action Center

World Health Organization (WHO)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Alabama Department of Public Health

Florida Blue Coronavirus Update Page

Blue Cross Blue Shield Updates for Providers

Florida Department of Health