Discover what the OIG found when investigating telehealth billing fraud, what they recommend regarding future CMS oversight, and four takeaways for businesses billing Medicare telehealth services.
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Implementation of CMS’ Behavioral Health Strategy in 2023: Behavioral Health Integration G-code for Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Social Workers, and Opportunity for Clinical Staff to Provide Behavioral Health Services under General Supervision of Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners
On January 13, 2022, in response to numerous legal challenges premised on the lack or abuse of executive authority.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (IFR) on November 4, 2021, the same day the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The IFR and ETS complement each other, with both aimed at furthering the Biden Administration’s goal of vaccinating the entire United States healthcare workforce to ensure capacity to serve local and national healthcare needs, the safety of the workforce and patients, and to reduce the risk of continued COVID-19 transmission. Both rules are effective November 5, 2021.
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