CMS
- CMS COVID-19 page
- CMS COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers
- CMS COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing
- CMS MLN SE20016: New and Expanded Flexibilities for RHC and FQHCs During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (12.3.2020)
- CMS MLN11791: Therapy Code Update during the PHE (includes telephonic and virtual visits) 5.26.2020
- CMS List of Telehealth Codes (including temporary live video and audio only codes added during the PHE) 12.2.2020
DHCS/DMHC
- DHCS COVID-19 page
- DHCS Requirements and Procedures for Emergency Medi-Cal Provider Enrollment
- Medi-Cal Payment for Telehealth and Virtual/Telephonic Communications (Jan 2021)
- CPCA COVID-19 Weekly Update Call Recording (4.2.2020) and Presentation Slides
(approval for FQHC/RHC telehealth to the patient home addressed around 10 minutes and 22.5 minutes in) - DMHC APL 20-009 – Reimbursement for Telehealth Services (3/18/2020)
- DMHC APL 20-013 Telehealth Services (4/07/2020)
Managed Care and Commercial Payers COVID-19 Response
This pandemic-related resource library is updated all the time. While it’s not exhaustive, it does provide quick and easy access to a wide range of general reimbursement guidelines related to COVID-19.
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- Aetna – COVID-19 Response
- American Dental Association (with payer responses on page 9) – COVID-19 Coding and Billing Interim Guidance
- American Medical Association – Special coding advice during
COVID-19 - Anthem Blue Cross – COVID-19 Response
- Beacon Health Options – COVID-19 Response and Beacon ABA COVID19 FAQ
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – COVID-19 Response
- Blue Shield of CA Promise Health Plan – COVID-19 Response
- California Health & Wellness – COVID-19 Response
- Central California Alliance for Health – COVID-19 Response
- Cigna – COVID-19 Response
- Community Health Group – COVID-19 Response
- Gold Coast Health Plan – COVID-19 Response
- Health Plan of San Joaquin – COVID-19 Response and Telehealth Billing Update
- Health Plan of San Mateo – COVID-19 Response
- HealthNet – COVID-19 Response
- IEHP – COVID-19 Response
- Magellan – COVID-19 Response and Q/A Document
- Molina California – COVID-19 Response
- Partnership HealthPlan – COVID-19 Response
- San Francisco Health Plan – COVID-19 Response
- Santa Clara Family Health Plan – COVID-19 Response
- TriCare – COVID-19 Response
- United Healthcare (including the Community Plan) – COVID-19 Response
