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Medicare Payer Reports Problems with 99215 Use

Published on Mon Feb 22, 2016

Jump any high-level claim hurdles you might encounter with this advice. NGS Medicare recently made headlines with its report on pre-payment reviews, particularly high-level E/M services. The basics: NGS performed a pre-payment review on code 99215 (Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components: a [...]
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