CMS updates with new HCPCS code. As worries about the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) plague the nation, the feds are working round the clock with updates, clinical advice, and more. Read on to see four things that every Medicare provider [...]
CMS had fixed a payment of $23.467 for the 2015-2016 flu season. The CPT® added a new influenza vaccine code 90630 (Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), split virus, preservative free, for intradermal use) on January 1, 2015. This code was [...]
Expect to start getting paid for the code by April. CPT® added a new influenza vaccine code 90630 manual in 2015, but the code was out of bounds for payment purposes for the 2014-15 flu season. The reason was that [...]
Heads up: You will begin to receive payments for the code in April 2016. Although the influenza vaccine code 90630 was added to the CPT® manual in 2015, you could not still use this code. At the time of publication [...]
Heads up: The code is now FDA-approved, so expect payments Although the influenza vaccine code 90630 was added to the CPT® manual in 2015, you could not still use this code as at the time of publication in CPT® 2015, [...]
Agency lands in hot water for misdeeds, including paying claims fast without verifying them. On Dec 9, Yosvany Collera, 37, of Miami, FL, and Belkis Camara Marquez, 36, of Sunrise " both linked to a Miami home care agency -- were [...]
Increased PPS complexity may reduce gaming, experts hope. Get ready to defend your therapy visits under the proposed prospective payment system changes.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aimed to cut gaming of therapy use under PPS in its April [...]
The following bills were introduced in the House: H.R. 467. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessment and chronic care maintenance. Introduced Feb. 1 by Rep. Gene [...]
