In addition to advocating for financial assistance for physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic response, ISMA is implementing new educational and business resources to help physician practices weather the decrease in patient volume.

HIPAA-compliant telehealth tool
Backline for Telehealth is a secure messaging and clinical communication platform created by DrFirst and available to ISMA members at an annual cost of $300 per user. Telemedicine modules for e-prescribing can also be added. Learn more here, and then sign up using the code ISMA.

Registry of ISMA members offering telemedicine services
Occasionally, ISMA receives calls from Hoosiers looking for a physician who offers telemedicine services. To serve them ISMA maintains a list of members who offer appointments through telemedicine, which is preferred as a way to continue seeing patients while protecting them, yourself and your staff against exposure to the novel coronavirus.

If you would like to be added to the list, please use our Member Input Tool to tell us your specialty and contact information, as well as how the COVID-19 quarantine is affecting your practice.

Physician Business Resources page
ISMA’s new Physician Business Resources page is continually being updated with information on sources of emergency and human resources funding for physician practices during the COVID-19 public health emergency. You’ll find explanations of terms and eligibility requirements for various state and federal programs and regulatory changes. Other key resources, such as for the CARES Act’s Paycheck protection Program, are linked in the Business Impact Resources section of our main COVID-19 Resources page.

Free ISMA webinars on telehealth, billing/coding, relief programs
The first two free webinars in ISMA’s COVID-19 series, “Telemedicine: The New Frontier During COVID-19” (with Krieg DeVault LLP) and “Coding and Billing for Telehealth Under COVID-19 (Part 1)” are now available on the ISMA Online app.

Watch for details on these and other ISMA live webinars here:
April 15 (11 a.m. EDT) Coding and Billing for Telehealth Under COVID-19 (Part 2)

April 17 (11 a.m. EDT) COVID-19 Aid: FFCRA and CARES Act for Health care Businesses Explained (With Krieg DeVault LLP).