COVID-19: What Healthcare Leaders Need To Know About Telehealth and the CMS Policy Changes

In this special episode of the MGMA Insights podcast, we continue our series on COVID-19 and how it’s impacting healthcare professionals and their patients. Experts agree that one of the most promising ways to keep patients and staff safe is through telehealth. To help explain the recent policy changes by CMS, we're joined by Anders Gilberg, Sr. Vice President of Government Affairs with MGMA. Also joining us to discuss the importance and best practices of telehealth and remote health as it relates to COVID-19 are Christian Milaster and Kathy Lentendre with Ingenium Healthcare Advisors. You can keep up with the latest MGMA coverage by visiting the MGMA COVID-19 Action Center at MGMA.com/covid. You can also track the advocacy Anders and his team is doing by typing #MGMAAdvocacy on your social media platforms. And, you can learn more about telehealth education and best practices from Christian and Kathy by following them on LinkedIn: Christian is at linkedin.com/in/christianmilaster Kathy is at linkedin.com/in/kathyletendre Additional telehealth information is available through Christian's weekly newsletter Telehealth Tuesday at IngeniumDigitalHealth.com/newsletter. Additional resources: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html www.who.int/emergencies/disease…el-coronavirus-2019 This episode is sponsored by ModMed. Every denied claim costs time and money to rework — for care you’ve already delivered. While payers sharpen their own AI tools, ModMed RCM Services pairs seasoned billing specialists with AI designed to help flag claims at risk before they go out the door, so your team can fix issues upfront instead of appealing after the fact. Learn more here.