March 19, 2020
UPDATED APRIL 2, 2020
We sent out a message last week indicating our employees would begin working remotely if the situation surrounding COVID-19 required it, and we’ve made the decision to do so. We’re still well positioned to support and prevent disruptions for your practice. You can reach our Support team through the normal channels.
Our main focus right now is helping our customers. We’re shifting our priorities to mitigate any issues related to COVID-19, and we’ll be doing everything we can to help our providers and their patients. To that end, we’re focused on enabling the delivery of telemedicine and remote clinical services, and our solutions are fully capable of supporting the billing and documentation for these activities. These solutions are aligned with the recent stimulus packages to enable our practices to continue to see patients and take full advantage of available relief measures. We’ll be monitoring this closely and will deploy updates and guidance as needed. We’ve partnered with telemedicine and remote clinical support vendors to make these services immediately available. See below for more info on our telehealth and remote practice support solutions.
Please be aware that we will be increasing communication with you in the coming days to keep you aware of product-specific information related to COVID-19.
Thanks for working to keep all of us safe and healthy.
We’ve partnered to provide the option for our practices to add telemedicine capabilities. Click here for more information or to schedule a consultation.
Looking for ways to increase revenue and take advantage of the recent stimulus plan? Have patients who are now unable to visit your office but need consistent care? If so, we can help. Click here to learn more.
We took the time to sift through the many sources of information available and summarized the stimulus packages passed in the last month. We explain what relief is available for independent practices, and what you can do to take advantage of these measures immediately. Click here to read our summary.
Read our insights on the COVID-19 pandemic and how the many changes surrounding this crisis may potentially affect your patients and practice.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made additional funds available for providers who apply. Providers may be eligible if they received general distribution payments in April.
Congress struck an agreement on Tuesday (April 21st) to provide another $310B for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and another $60B for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). This comes after the PPP and the EIDL ran out of money last week.
On April 16, 2020 the Small Business Administration announced that the $350B allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans have been depleted. This comes after the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program stopped accepting new applications as well.
The US Department of Health & Human Services will begin to distribute $30 billion of funds via direct deposit to eligible providers. All facilities and providers that received Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursements in 2019 are eligible.
Many practices may be playing financial “catch up” for months or years to come unless they take decisive action now to take advantage of telehealth reimbursement and availability of home-based health services.
With COVID-19 vaccine production ramping up, your office may get access to an allotment soon. Preparing your office and patients for this availability is extremely important in ensuring a timely and efficient rollout, and being proactive in reaching out to your most vulnerable patients is the first step you can take in the process.
Watch our on-demand webinar to learn about a tool you can use with Amazing Charts EHR or CareTracker EHR to easily identify and reach out to the patients you specify – whether it be by age, pre-existing conditions or other distinctions. Rather than a clinician or staff member combing through data and making calls, we’ll show you how you can automate much of this process, freeing you up to spend more time caring for patients and less time in front of a computer.
You can access the following materials from the April 6 webinar below:
For AC EHR users, you are required to add new Telehealth CPT codes. Click here to access instructions and learn more.
We will continue to update this page as new information is made available.