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Reuben Elovitz, M.D., runs Private Health Dallas, a concierge medical practice. He's one of several health care providers who recently talked to Part B News about how they've been coping with the COVID-19 emergency. This is his story.
 
 
Take note of the regulation updates that roll back some Stark rules and allow business associates to release information to public health officials.
 
 
You’ll find upheaval, opportunity and a sneak peek at looming documentation changes as a new Medicare payment rule addressing the COVID-19 crisis, issued March 31, breaks with numerous longstanding policy measures.
 
 
The new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) takes effect today (April 1) and to help you use it, the government has issued new ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting specific to the code.
 
 
You'll find an additional 90 codes, including home visits (99341-99350) and critical care codes (99291-99292), that are billable to Medicare when your providers use telehealth services for the patient encounters.
 

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