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CPT 99441 came off the code set on January 1, 2025, but it is still sitting in fee schedules, EHR quick-picks, and superbills. Here's the cleanup, the documentation standard for audio-only visits, and the vendor paperwork most practices skipped.
Carl B. Johnson
Two competing code families, a modifier that broadcasts behavioral health status, and a vendor stack nobody put on the BAA list. Here is how practice administrators keep telehealth billing and telehealth privacy from drifting apart in 2026.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT 99443 was deleted at the start of 2025, but the definition still drives appeals, audits, and records requests on older dates of service — and the phone infrastructure behind it still creates BAA gaps.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to telemedicine CPT codes: which code families your staff touches, how modifiers and place-of-service travel with the claim, and the vendor and BAA exposure that rides along with every virtual visit.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT 98016 replaced HCPCS G2012 for brief virtual check-ins. Here's how practice administrators handle the timing rules, consent capture, documentation, and the vendor agreements the code quietly requires.
Carl B. Johnson
The 2025 telemedicine code set is still generating claims, appeals, and audit requests in 2026. Here is how practice administrators handle code selection documentation, place-of-service privacy exposure, and the vendor agreements telehealth quietly requires.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to telemedicine ED coverage: who owns the record, which vendors need BAAs, how coding decisions get documented, and what breaks when the encounter lives in two systems.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to running telehealth counseling: vendor inventories, consent scripts, code-selection documentation, psychotherapy notes, and the February 2026 Part 2 compliance date.
Carl B. Johnson
How practices decide, document, and defend telehealth modifier selection — plus the records-handling and vendor obligations that ride along with every virtual visit.
Carl B. Johnson
POS 02 versus POS 10 is a payment decision, a documentation decision, and a privacy disclosure all at once. Here's how to build the workflow, assign the roles, and handle the vendor exposure behind every telehealth claim.
Carl B. Johnson