What you need to know about Medicare's effort to 'speed the use of technology.' Got questions? CMS plans to hold an Open Door forum on the changes on Oct. 27. More information will be available soon at www.cms.hhs.gov/opendoor.
Dramatic increases in the number of coding applications has spurred the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to change the way it updates the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, the agency said Oct.6.
The revisions, which will be instituted over the next 18 months, are aimed at making new treatments available more quickly. Herb Kuhn, director at the Center for Medicare Management says he hopes the changes promote "greater acceptance and transparency" of the coding process.
Here's what to expect:
Lesson Learned: Providers need to brace for new phase of HCPCS coding process revisions.