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Insurance and Billing Resources for Tele-Assessment during COVID-19
- For excellent, up-to-the-minute information about psychological and neuropsychological tele-assessment, please refer to the website of the Inter Organizational Practice Committee: https://iopc.online/
- How to do psychological testing via telehealth, from APA: https://www.apaservices.org/practice/reimbursement/health-codes/testing
AETNA
- Aetna will reimburse for tele-assessment. Link to telemedicine FAQ: https://www.aetna.com/health-care-professionals/covid-faq/telemedicine.html
- Link to billing FAQ: https://www.aetna.com/health-care-professionals/covid-faq/billing-and-coding.html
BEACON
- Beacon will reimburse for tele-assessment for most plans and members. Link to all COVID billing guides: https://www.carelonbehavioralhealth.com/providers/forms-and-guides
CIGNA
- All Cigna COVID-19 information is on their provider portal: https://static.cigna.com/assets/chcp/resourceLibrary/medicalResourcesList/medicalDoingBusinessWithCigna/medicalDbwcCOVID-19.html
MAGELLAN
- Magellan will reimburse for tele-assessment by video (NOT phone only). Link to FAQ as of 4/8/20: http://www.magellanprovider.com/media/154064/covid_qa.pdf
MEDICARE
- Medicare will reimburse for tele-assessment by video (NOT by phone only). Link to APA hub with updates on CMS policy: https://www.apaservices.org/practice/reimbursement/government/medicare
- Also see IOPC for detailed summary of Medicare billing for tele-assessment: https://iopc.online/
OPTUM
- Optum will reimburse for phone only and video tele-assessment. Link to policy as of 4/8/20: https://www.providerexpress.com/content/ope-provexpr/us/en/COVID-19_Provider_Updates/COVID-19-Telehealth-Policies-for-Assessment-Services.html
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