Employment Law Report

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.