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Home-centered EEG Services in the Time of COVID-19

With patients and potential patients across the country being advised to avoid hospitals and to cancel or delay elective procedures, telemedicine and other remote digital health services are being touted as alternative options. Unfortunately, some specialties are better suited than others for such an approach. And, as a result, some patients may be missing important diagnostic […]

Resources & Recommendations for Neurodiagnostic Testing During COVID-19

ASET- The Neurodiagnostic Society Recently the American Society for Electrodiagnostic Technologists (ASET) published its recommendations on the appropriate infection control precautions to follow when providing needed diagnostic EEG procedures, assuming the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a link below to the document. ASET has also made available, in pre-publication, […]

ACNS Resources for Managing Requests for Neurodiagnostic Testing

Recently, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) published a series of resources covering technologist safety, equipment cleaning, physician staffing and how to manage orders and requests for neurodiagnostic testing, including inpatient EEGs, elective monitoring of patients in the EMU and outpatient testing such as routine and ambulatory video-EEG studies. CortiCare has New EEG Solutions to […]

New EEG Solutions for New Challenges

March 2020 New Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many clinicians and facilities to reassess priorities and the processes for delivering services. This is clearly true in the healthcare segments that CortiCare serves, namely the evaluation and monitoring of patients suspected or at risk for seizures or other brain function complications from chronic or acute […]

NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT WITH COVID-19: Consider Continuous EEG Monitoring in Some Patients

We want to emphasize to both adult and pediatric ICU providers that when patients present with severe respiratory compromise during the COVID-19 pandemic and are exhibiting impaired consciousness, brain monitoring may be in order.

Five Benefits of Continuous EEG (cEEG) Monitoring

Despite demonstrating positive outcomes, continuous EEG monitoring (cEEG) remains underutilized. A December 2018 article in Neurology Today suggests that cEEG is associated with lower in-hospital mortality among critically ill patients but remains underused due to equipment costs and a lack of qualified personnel. Advances in technology and staffing models make cEEG monitoring more accessible. Here […]

2020 Long-Term EEG Monitoring CPT® Codes – Technical Components

After more than 20 years since the last time long-term EEG procedures were reviewed, the AMA and CMS have assessed and revised the CPT® coding for long-term continuous recording EEG procedures. Through a long-established process of accepting and reviewing comments and holding direct meetings with several groups directly affected by the changes, such as the […]

2020 Long-Term EEG CPT® Codes, RVU and Reimbursement for Physicians

After more than 20 years since the last time long-term EEG procedures were reviewed, the AMA and CMS have assessed and revised the CPT® coding for long-term continuous recording EEG procedures. Through a long-established process of accepting and reviewing comments and holding direct meetings with a number of groups directly affected by the changes, such […]

Advantage of cEEG vs aEEG in Monitoring for Neonatal Seizures

The most compelling evidence for the utility of continuous EEG monitoring exists for pediatric patients. While the indications for neonatal EEG can include assessment of age and maturity, measurement of responses to therapy, and as adjunct in neurological prognoses, the most common role of EEG monitoring of neonates is for surveillance and characterization of electrographic […]

CortiCare acquires Centennial Neurodiagnostics

CortiCare expands its EEG Services coverage area with the acquisition of Centennial Neurodiagnostics of Dallas Texas.