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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In case you’re looking for a comprehensive guide that explains Medicare changes during the COVID-19 pandemic from a beneficiary perspective, look no further than COVID-19: An Advocates Guide to Beneficiary-Related Medicare Changes.  You’ll also find that it is a great, quick guide for healthcare providers as…… Continue reading COVID-19 Advocates Guide to Beneficiary-Related Medicare Changes

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This 140-page COVID-19 FAQ document was updated on July 28, 2020.   This is what’s new in this version during July: Page 10 – Diagnostic Laboratory Services … 14. Question: If a physician/non-physician practitioner (NPP) reports CPT code 99211 “Office or other outpatient visit for the…… Continue reading COVID-19 FAQs on Medicare Fee-for-Service Billing Updated Again

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I received the following email notification at 4pm on Thursday, July 30, 2020 and wanted to pass it on to SNF and AL facilities to make sure you see it: Dear Facility Directors, Long-term care populations, including those in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, are…… Continue reading Minnesota SNF and AL Facility Directors – Please Review This COVID-19 Testing Information ASAP!

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released its first monthly update of data that provides a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population. For the first time, the snapshot includes data for American Indian/Alaskan Native Medicare beneficiaries. The new data indicate…… Continue reading CMS Updates Data on COVID-19 Impacts on Medicare Beneficiaries

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This list was most recently updated on July 28, 2020. Updates to the list of underlying medical conditions that put individuals at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 were based on published reports, articles in press, unreviewed pre-prints, and internal data available between December 1,…… Continue reading Underlying Medical Conditions That Increase a Person’s Risk of Severe Illness from COVID-19

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare These are indeed very strange times that we live in.  All our lives are on the line during this pandemic, especially individuals in congregate living communities and workers in those communities.  In the past few days, I’ve read two (2) articles that were almost heart-stopping for…… Continue reading COVID-19: Staff and Survey Team Members – Food for Thought