medicare reimbursement for telehealth services - afhcan

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AFHCAN • Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network • Began in 1998 to improve access to health care <strong>for</strong> federal beneficiaries • Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, US Coast Guard, Indian Health Service, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (managing partner) 24
AFHCAN • Over 50,000 <strong>telehealth</strong> encounters since 2001 • 12,000 cases/year • 36,323 patients received care via TM • 643 providers 25
Page 1 and 2: REIMBURSEMENT FOR TELEHEALTH SERVIC
Page 3 and 4: Two forms of transmission • Live,
Page 5 and 6: Telemedicine and HIPAA http://www.h
Page 7 and 8: Definition of Interactive Two-way,
Page 9 and 10: Store & Forward Medical Information
Page 11 and 12: Visit 1 Patient is seen by a nurse
Page 13: Telemedicine in the Alaska Tribal H
Page 16 and 17: Maniilaq Health Center Kotzebue, Al
Page 18 and 19: Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hosp
Page 20 and 21: Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Sitka, Alask
Page 22 and 23: Community Health Aide 22
Page 26 and 27: Version 3 •Basic Cart: •Otoscop
Page 28 and 29: Typical round trip airfares to Anch
Page 30 and 31: AFHCAN Sites in Alaska 248 AFHCAN S
Page 32 and 33: Telemedicine Sites 32
Page 34 and 35: CMS Eligible Originating Sites •
Page 36 and 37: Telemedicine Providers 36
Page 38 and 39: Requesting Provider (originating si
Page 40 and 41: Distant Site Provider Evaluates/tre
Page 42 and 43: Example of Presenting Provider Mond
Page 44 and 45: Provider Documentation • Follow s
Page 46 and 47: Telemedicine Modifiers • HCPCs Le
Page 48 and 49: Covered Behavioral/Mental Health Se
Page 50 and 51: Covered Nutrition Services - Medica
Page 52 and 53: Four R’s of Consultations 1. Requ
Page 54 and 55: Exception • In Alaska and Hawaii,
Page 56 and 57: Visit 1 Patient is seen by a nurse
Page 58 and 59: Visit 1 • Problem focused exam
Page 60 and 61: Visit 2 The dermatologist receives
Page 62 and 63: 1500 Consult 99241 GQ Modifier for
Page 64 and 65: Multiple Consultations Point Hope K
Page 66 and 67: INTERACTIVE EXAMPLE 66
Page 68 and 69: Visit 1 • Nurse Practitioner sees
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Page 72 and 73: Visit 2 This visit meets the criter
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Visit 3 • The orthopedic surgeon
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Consult code with a GT modifier for
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REIMBURSEMENT - ORIGINATING SITE
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COMMERCIAL PAYORS 80
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Questions? Cheryl A. Skiffington, C
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