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04/22/2020

The National PWW Webinar, "COVID Coding - What Ambulance Revenue Cycle Professionals Need to Know" - is now available free on YouTube. The webinar has been re-recorded in its entirety and is free of the technical glitches experienced during the live webinar event. This information-packed event - sponsored by QuickMed Claims - covers the CARES Act Relief Fund and the strings attached to that money, the new Medicare signature guidelines, new CMS covered destinations and modifiers, new ICD-10 codes for COVID-19 patients, medical necessity for COVID transports, and more.

For the FULL 75-minute webinar video, use this link: https://youtu.be/xJk4IjifTc8

Access the PDF handouts here: https://bit.ly/COVIDcodinghandouts

If you prefer to access the video in three smaller files:

Use this link for PART 1: https://youtu.be/ShsoU3bs9UY

Use this link for PART 2: https://youtu.be/5D2HTRBcH_s

Use this link for PART 3: https://youtu.be/Hm4-T2a0mP0

04/22/2020

Maine EMS is excited to announce the Front Line Warm Line for all first responders and healthcare workers! Call (207) 221-8196 to speak to someone today regarding managing the stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

04/21/2020

Funding a system of readiness through telehealth, treatment and alternative destination reimbursement for EMS

04/20/2020

04/14/2020

PWW Hosts National Webinar on COVID-19 CARES Act Relief Fund, Ambulance Billing & Coding, Signature and Medical Necessity Issues – April 20th, 1:00 p.m. ET

04/13/2020

PWW is teaming up with NAEMT and Lexpipol/EMS1 to present a special free national EMS law webinar geared specifically for EMS field practitioners on Friday, April 17th at 2pm EDT (11am PDT / 1pm CT).  Sign up for this important event HERE.    This webinar will tackle some very timely and pressing...

04/11/2020

Ambulance service suppliers will begin seeing their portion of $30 billion under the CARES Act today.  This represents only part of the $100 billion in total that is available under the Act, the remaining $70 billion to be distributed at a later time.  These funds will come to you in the same mann...

04/07/2020

Unique federal loan is easy to apply for and will likely not have to be repaid

04/01/2020

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just issued a significant set of new rules, including a substantial expansion of the list of covered destinations for ambulance services under Medicare. They also hit the "pause" button on the repetitive patient prior authorization program in the states where that was in place. You can read this important information in this new bulletin, and be sure to check out PWW's newly expanded and cataloged COVID-19 Resource Page.

We are receiving many questions on the legal issues related to COVID-19 EMS during this crisis. These issues range from employment and workplace issues, to reimbursement and compliance issues, and everything in between. PWW will be providing regular “EMS Law COVID-19 Corona Updates” as these que...

01/07/2020

This is huge! The Feds just issued the first ever Ambulance HIPAA Penalty for $65,000. After an unencrypted laptop fell off the back bumper of an ambulance, OCR investigated and found long-standing noncompliance with HIPAA rules. Don't let this happen to you! Make sure your HIPAA House is in order. Need help? Check out our full range of HIPAA Compliance Services. https://www.pwwemslaw.com/services/professional-services/hipaa-privacy-and-security