Primary Care Coding Alert

Plus: Rural health providers, check your listing for accuracy. If you have a physician or other provider involved in the Primary Care Incentive Payment program (PCIP), your bottom line will see an increase in 2012. Family practice and internal medicine specialists will benefit from a 1 percent gain this year over the RVU amounts they received for participation in 2011. What it is: The PCIP is an incentive payment of 10 percent of Medicare's program payments to be paid to primary care physicians and non-physician practitioners for services rendered from Jan. 1, 2011 until Dec. 31, 2015. Eligible services fall under CPT® codes: 99201-99215 for office and other outpatient visits 99304-99340 for nursing facility, domiciliary, rest home, or custodial care 99341-99350 for home services. Get the latest details from CMS online by visiting http://questions.CMS.hhs.gov and searching for "PCIP" or "Primary Care Incentive Payment." Download Your ICD-10 Templates From CMSAlthough [...]