MAG COVID-19 Resource Center
Recording of MAG COVID-19 webinar now available
A recording of the one-hour COVID-19 webinar that the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) hosted on March 25 is now available online.
The webinar feature updates and overviews by MAG President Andrew Reisman, M.D., Georgia Sen. Ben Watson, M.D. – who is a member of Gov. Brian Kemp’s COVID-19 Task Force – and Georgia Department of Public Health Director of Government Relations Megan Andrews, J.D.
The webinar addressed several specific issues, including telemedicine, unemployment, and small business loans. It also featured a Q&A session. 
MAG will use the questions and feedback it received during the webinar in its advocacy efforts. 
MAG members can contact Ryan Larosa at rlarosa@mag.org with questions. 
MAG COVID-19 webinar recording (MAG member ID/password required) 
MAG ‘Partial Unemployment’ presentation 
DPH ‘Guidance for Evaluating, Reporting & Requesting Diagnostic Tests for Possible COVID-19 Cases’
Georgia DOI Telemedicine Billing Guidelines
GSASC calling for ACS to complete resources survey ASAP 
The Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers is working with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office and the Georgia Department of Community Health to conduct a survey to assess the availability of resources (including PPE, anesthesia machines, and beds) at ambulatory surgery centers in the state.
Click to complete ASC resources survey ASAP
New MAG fact sheets address telehealth, partial unemployment benefits & SBA loans
MAG has developed fact sheets addressing Georgia’s temporary telehealth rules, partial unemployment benefits, and the Small Business Administration’s ‘Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.’
MAG ‘Georgia Temporary Telehealth Rules Fact Sheet’
MAG ‘Partial Unemployment Benefits Fact Sheet’
MAG ‘SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fact Sheet’
MAG president to discuss COVID-19 on WSB Radio 
MAG President Andrew Reisman, M.D., will discuss the COVID-19 health care threat on ‘Belinda Skelton's Atlanta Living’ show on WSB Radio (95.5 FM/750 AM) from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, March 28.
WSB Radio ‘Belinda Skelton’s Atlanta Living’ website
AMA releases COVID-19 coding advice 
The American Medical Association (AMA) is promoting several key coding resources that medical practices can use during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
This includes an ‘Outlines Coding Scenarios’ resource that is “designed to help health care professionals apply best coding practices. AMA says that, “The scenarios include telehealth services for all patients. Examples specifically related to COVID-19 testing include coding for when a patient: comes to the office for E/M visit, and is tested for COVID-19 during the visit; receives a telehealth visit re: COVID-19 and is directed to come to physician office or physician’s group practice site for testing; receives a virtual check-in/online visit re: COVID-19 (not related to E/M visit), and is directed to come to physician office for testing; and more.”
AMA has also developed a ‘CPT reporting for COVID-19 testing’ quick-reference flowchart.
And AMA has created a web page that outlines CMS payment policies and regulatory flexibilities related to COVID-19.
AMA COVID-19 Resource Center
Physicians Foundation promoting telehealth resources 
The Physicians Foundation has created a ‘Telehealth Initiative’ web page that will “house resources to help physicians with implementing telehealth into their practice.”
The Physicians Foundation explains that, “This [web page] gives us a central location to add new resources as they become available.”
Physicians Foundation ‘Telehealth Initiative’ web page
GCCN establishes fund to support free/charity clinics
The Georgia Charitable Care Network (GCCN) has established a ‘$30K in 30 Days’ GoFundMe campaign to support free and charity health care clinics in the state. The funds will be used to support the clinics with their technology needs and to obtain supplies.
The campaign website stresses that, “As the coronavirus sweeps through the United States, closing schools, businesses, and even government offices, the nation's free and charity clinics remain open for business. In Georgia, where nearly 100 of those clinics serve tens of thousands of low-income and uninsured patients annually, the need is severe and growing every day.”
GCCN ‘$30K in 30 Days’ GoFundMe campaign
GCCN executive director ‘Will you step up now to help clinics for the poor?’ op-ed
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