AAHIM | Telemedicine and COVID-19

Overview:

The webinar will present the most current updates for coding and billing telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives:

• Provide an overview of telemedicine coding and documentation requirements.
• Discuss current federal telemedicine waivers and Alabama state-specific waivers.  
• Review best practices for auditing and monitoring telemedicine coding and documentation.

Published Date:

July 14, 2020

CEU:

1.0 – Clinical Foundations

Speaker:

Leslie V. Boles, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CHC, CPC-I, CRC

Leslie Boles currently serves as the Director of Compliance Audit at Waud Capital Partners and a Coding Instructor at Rutgers University. She has more than 12 years of experience in healthcare, coding, auditing and compliance in the hospital inpatient/outpatient settings, and physician coding education. Leslie has developed and implemented multiple training programs on physician coding and documentation, Medicare and Medicaid policy and compliance programs for certified coders. She is a subject matter expert in the areas of E/M, Radiology, OBGYN, General Surgery, Cardiology and Anesthesia coding. She prides herself in presenting very complex coding and documentation regulations in a simplified manner to physicians and clinicians. She holds the credentials of CCS, CPC, CPMA, CHC, CPC-I and CRC from the American Academy of Professional Coders, American Health Information Management Association and the Health Care Compliance Association. She is member of the Board of Directors and the Compliance Committee Co-Chair of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), NJ chapter. She is a coding mentor for the local AAPC and AHIMA chapters and enjoys mentoring young talents.