Telehealth Encounters and 2020 MIPS eCQM Reporting Dear Valued Clients: CMS has released new guidance on telehealth encounters for eligible clinicians who submit MIPS data using eCQMs for the 2020 performance period. The telehealth guidance document is available on the eCQI Resource Center for Eligible Clinicians under the 2020 Reporting/Performance Year. CMS’s guidance on telehealth encounters includes an updated list of eCQMs…
ICD-10 Code Updates Take Effect on October 1, 2020 Please be advised that CMS has released the 2021 ICD-10 codes to be used for discharges and patient encounters occurring between October 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021. The 2021 updates to ICD-10 codes will take effect on Thursday, October 1, 2020. We plan for the updated ICD-10 Codes to be…
The most recent guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) specify that billing codes should be generated based on pathology confirmation diagnoses, which is not often available at the time of the service. gGastro is updated to generate billing codes within the Coding Advisor in accordance this latest CMS…