BCBS of North Carolina has provided an update to the effective date for prior authorization for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. The new effective date is

BCBS of North Carolina has provided an update to the effective date for prior authorization for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. The new effective date is

Arkansas BCBS is implementing a new outpatient therapy policy that will have a financial impact on physical and occupational therapy services. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

A BCBS insurer has announced they will be implementing prior authorization for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

BCBS of North Carolina is implementing a new policy that will have a financial impact on outpatient therapy services. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

With the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services extending the Public Health Emergency (PHE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many private practices as well as facilities and organizations want to know what does this mean for the extension of providing outpatient therapy services via telehealth. In this article, I will provide updates on outpatient therapy services delivered via telehealth for the traditional Medicare Part B program and some of the larger national insurance carriers. Medicare (Traditional) Aetna Anthem BCBS of Colorado Anthem BCBS of Connecticut Anthem BCBS of Georgia Anthem BCBS of Indiana Anthem BCBS of Kentucky

I have been receiving a significant number of questions regarding telehealth services covered by the various Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) plans around the country. The expansion of telehealth services to include outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy services by BCBS in each state will have different billing rules and regulations (place of service codes, CPT codes payable via telehealth), different start and end dates as well as different practice settings that can be reimbursed for providing telehealth services. In this article, I have provided the link to each states BCBS webpage where you can obtain the latest information on

On April 13, 2020, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) announced they have expanded telehealth services to include outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy services. The temporary changes are retroactive to April 1 and will be in effect through at least May 15, 2020, and could beextended after that, if circumstances warrant. There will be no waiver of cost share (e.g. copays, deductibles, and coinsurance) for these services and all contractual limitations, conditions, policies, and procedures will apply. Codes must be submitted with place of service 02 and modifier 95 or GT to indicate billing of a telehealth service. Appropriate