In this week’s episode, Limo Cherian, Carla Dewberry and Steven Pine discuss recent changes to value-based health care payment arrangements triggered by the current COVID-19 emergency. In particular, the presenters discuss...more
The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provides a tax credit for eligible employers to encourage them to continue paying employees. The benefit allows a fully refundable tax...more
On March 6, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the “Act”) which allows physicians and other health care professionals to bill Medicare for patients covered under...more
On March 13, 2020, the American Medical Association (“AMA”) adopted Current Procedural Terminology (“CPT”) code 87635 to be used nationwide to report laboratory testing for the 2019 novel coronavirus. ...more