Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
CMS Plans Regulatory Push for the Coming Quarter
Published on Tue Jan 20, 2004
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its quarterly Medicare update, listing all the regulations it has in the oven.
Stay tuned for regulations addressing a standard unique healthcare provider identifier for all providers. Also, CMS plans to revamp the rules on provider reimbursement appeals and determinations.
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Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
- Modifiers:
Use Modifier -51 When Surgeries Share Significant Work
Use modifier -59 when procedures are totally separate
Two procedures, one day. [...] - Ambulatory Surgery Centers:
Keep On-Site ASCs Totally Separate From Offices
Mix your practice with your ASC, and you risk damaging both
It [...] - Biggest Mistakes With Modifiers -51 and -59
Coders mistakenly apply both modifiers -51 (Multiple procedures) and -59 (Distinct procedural service) on multiple [...] - Modifiers:
Examples Illuminate Differences Between Modifiers -51 and -59
Use -59 if procedures are separated by time or by location
Consultant Ken Lobo with Lobo [...] - Regulations Under Development
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put another six-month delay on the effective date [...] - Botox Coding:
Botox Used for More Than Just a Pretty Face
Use 64614 instead of 64640, coder says
It summons images of movie stars getting injections to [...] - CMS Plans Regulatory Push for the Coming Quarter
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its quarterly Medicare update, listing all the [...] - Scheduling:
Running Behind? Use the .75 Percent Solution
Figure out which patient demand your practice can control
How do you figure out your patient [...] - Physician Notes:
Physician Practices Can Merge With Hospitals
Stark concerns remain unresolved
A merger between a physician practice and a hospital received a green [...]
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