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Telehealth Services — Revised
Telehealth Services — Revised
From the Medicare Learning Network (MLN)
From the Medicare Learning Network (MLN)
Learn what’s changed:
Updated information on:
End of the COVID-19 public health emergency
CY 2023 and telehealth policies
Added information on:
G-codes
Consent for care management and virtual communication services
CMS won’t require in-person visits until January 1, 2025
Use modifier FQ or 93 to report audio-only mental health visits
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Release of Second Version of the Standardized Pressure Injury Prevention Protocol
Release of Second Version of the Standardized Pressure Injury Prevention Protocol
The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel has released the second version of its Standardized Pressure Injury Prevention Protocol - abbreviated as "SPIPP" (pronounced S – PIP). The SPIPP is a shortened checklist of preventive actions to implement at the bedside, adapted from the 2019 Guidelines on pressure injury prevention.
The entire SPIPP 2.0 can be downloaded for free on NPIAP's website.
CMS Releases Calendar Year 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
CMS Releases Calendar Year 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
June 30: CMS released the Calendar Year 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates for home health agencies.
This proposed rule includes the implementation of legislation, including a proposed decrease to the payment update percentage to account for differences between the new and old payment systems, policies for the home intravenous immune globulin benefit, and revising payment for disposable negative pressure wound therapy. CMS is also soliciting comments on access to home health aide services. Finally, CMS is proposing how we pay for compression garments, a new statutory benefit for beneficiaries with lymphedema, starting in January 2024.
Information can be found in this fact sheet.
Federal requirements related to COVID-19 Vaccination of Facility Staff for all provider types in iQIES have been retired
The following regulation sets will be updated and made available in iQIES as of the close of business Friday, July 21, 2023:
HOME HEALTH AGENCIES (FED - G - 12.02)
HOSPICE (FED - L - 05.02)
For questions about this information, please contact our QIES/iQIES Service Center by phone at 1-888-477-7876 (Select Option 1) or send an email
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