Beginning January 1, 2012, Medicare will cover smoking cessation services provided by video conferencing.   See the Medicare rule here (scroll down to page 11).

If you provide smoking cessation services to rural medicare populations, you may now bill Medicare for your services provided via telemedicine.

Accepted billing codes:

CPT code 99406 and 99407 - Cessation counseling visits

HCPCS code G0436 and G0437 - Couseling visit for asymptomatic patients

Restrictions:

Medicare telehealth services can only be furnished to an eligible telehealth beneficiary in an originating site. An originating site is defined as one of the specified sites where an eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is being furnished via a telecommunications system. In general, originating sites must be located in a rural Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or in a county outside of an Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The originating sites authorized by the statute are as follows:

• Offices of a physician or practitioner

• Hospitals

• CAHs

• RHCs

• FQHCs

• Hospital-Based or Critical Access Hospital-Based Renal Dialysis Centers (including Satellites)

• SNFs

• CMHCs

Secure Telehealth provides the web-based platform you will need to conduct smoking cessation sessions with your consumers via telemedicine. 

 See our pricing here.

For more information contact:

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