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CMS Update:

Move Medicare's Modifier JW Change From July to January

Published on Wed Jul 13, 2016

Use the extra time to check your documentation and coding skills are ready. In the last issue of Cardiology Coding Alert, "Prep for New National JW Rule," discussed Medicare's new rule requiring use of modifier JW. At the time the article went to print, July 1, 2016, was the effective date for the change, News flash: Medicare announced that the [...]
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