Association of Women in Rheumatology

Listen in as Casandra Calabrese, DO, provides tips on educating your patients to reduce vaccine hesitancy.

Provide treatment to your patients outside of offices and/or healthcare facilities and be reimbursed
Use publicly available technology such as Facetime or Skype with the HIPPA governance waiving the need for HIPAA secured technology
CPT and HCPCS codes have been established for telehealth services
More information on the telehealth expansion for Medicare can be found here.
Click on the link for the American Rheumatology Network telehealth summary and codes

AWIR is an official supporter of the International Registry
Enter data on your patients infected with COVID-19
Help answer urgent questions about treatment options and infection risks amongst your patients
De-identified registry data will be disseminated for analysis
Click on the link to earn more about the registry and how to use it

Treat Medicaid patients with greater freedom and less paperwork
For example, states can decide to reimburse for telehealth services, remove the need for FFS prior authorizations, reimburse physicians for services provided out of state and more
Options vary from state to state. More information on the Section 1135 Waivers can be found here

Made for patients and caregivers, this program allows patients to get answers on many questions about the exposure and prevention from COVID-19 from healthcare professionals, receive emails on the latest news and stories on how other patients are coping
Click on the link to sign up for the program

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