Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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Revisit AWV Fundamentals to Avoid a RAC Review

 Distinguish between “one-time-only” and “subsequent” for annual wellness visits. When a patient presents for his annual wellness visit, make sure you’re using the right code. A recent update from one of the RACs suggests that it is on the lookout for initial AWV codes — which are once-in-a-lifetime codes — billed multiple times. Problem: Performant Recovery, the Recovery Audit Contractor [...]
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