Insight Article This facility fee is a separately billable Part B service. For the professional service (at the distant site), the CPT code for the specific service provided would be reported, appended by the GT modifier (via interactive audio and video telecommunications system). Strategies for Successful Implementation In order to ensure an efficient implementation in your organization, be sure to: ï‚· ï‚· ï‚· ï‚· ï‚· ï‚· Obtain institutional and administrative support for telemedicine services. Integrate with existing infrastructure for documentation/coding/billing processes. Start with low hanging fruit services where opportunity exists to address specific patient needs that are not currently being met. Identify the outcomes you wish to measure and develop a system to do so. Develop (and share) quality metrics, demonstrating the “win-win” for both sides. Partner with policymakers and support further enhancements to reimbursement for telemedicine services. For more information, please refer to the most recent MedLearn Matters article at: https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-LearningNetwork-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/TelehealthSrvcsfctsht.pdf The 2016 list of eligible telehealth services can be found at: ï‚· https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-GeneralInformation/Telehealth/Telehealth-Codes.html © Wipfli LLP About the Author Jeanne Chapdelaine, Director With over 25 years of health care experience, Jeanne Chapdelaine is the director of Wipfli LLP’s revenue optimization and integrity (ROI) service line. She coordinates service delivery to health care clients for their revenue capture processes, coding and documentation, business office functions, service pricing, reimbursement, regulatory compliance, and third-party payor contracts and provides a wide range of related technical services to the firm’s clients. Jeanne helps health care organizations by focusing on the issues that will have the greatest financial impact.

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