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Ethan Bechtel

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Ethan Bechtel

Ethan Bechtel

The email from an OhMD user

I was at the office late one night last summer when my iPhone buzzed on the desk. *New email* It was from a pediatrician on that I had spoken to a few times in the past. I was expecting a support question or a feature request, but this email was different: Wow. I always believed… Read On

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Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Reimbursement FAQs

Your Guide to Chronic Care Remote Patient Monitoring Codes What are Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Services? While Medicare has been offering reimbursement for the “collection and interpretation of physiologic data (e.g., ECG, blood pressure, glucose monitoring since the beginning of 2018, CPT code 99453, CPT code 99454 and CPT code 99457 were created to monitor… Read On

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The CMS RPM Reimbursement Rule – Getting paid to text patients

Why texting for RPM reimbursement? Physicians rarely text patients. If you ask a physician why they don’t use texting for patient care, they will respond in one of the following ways: “My patient portal has messaging but nobody uses it.” “Why would I want patients texting me at all hours of the night?” “Nobody pays… Read On

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Leveraging OhMD’s Secure Text Messaging Platform for Mental Health / Counseling

We know mental and behavioral health professionals text a lot.  Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist, chances are you already text with patients and referring providers.  OhMD is a free, secure platform that offers the convenience of texting without the security risk. Texting with patients: In the counseling field, it’s imperative to… Read On
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