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Find Out What CMS Thinks About 2020-2021 Claims Payments

Surprise: CMS says the improper payment rate was 7.46 percent. If your Medicare claims don’t support the higher-level code for established evaluation and management (E/M) visits, be warned. The annual Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) report shows incorrect coding of these bread-and-butter office visits remain a thorny problem for Part B providers. Read on for the details. Context: On Dec. [...]
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