Get quick tips on Part B drug modifier JZ, chronic pain management code G3002, and more. The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule brought ups and downs for anesthesiologists and pain management specialists. Let’s jump in to discover [...]
Tip: Concise documentation will be critical in 2021. Medicare hasn’t released all the annual improper payment rate details yet — but it’s clear documentation woes continue to plague providers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the [...]
Hint: Inadequate documentation remains a problem. If you’ve been waiting patiently for Medicare’s improper payment rate estimates, you’re in luck. Even though the data points to rate declines from federal corrective actions, improper payments are estimated in the billions. Context: [...]
Avoid using truncated codes. Dragging your feet to incorporate the latest ICD-10-CM codes could lead to denials for services covered by Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCDs). Change Request (CR) 11491 describes changes to four NCDs that might impact coverage for [...]
See which updates are coming in 2020. Stay informed on recent updates to the to National Coverage Determinations (NCDs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released MLN Matters® 11491 and Change Request (CR) 11491, which includes nine [...]
You’ll see some changes to NCD 20.9.1 “Ventricular Assist Devices.” CMS recently released MLN Matters® 11491 and Change Request (CR) 11491, which made changes to several National Coverage Determination (NCDs). You will see nine changes in all, and five of [...]
Get the scoop on the nearly here 2020 ICD-10-CM changes. CMS recently released the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out some of the new codes you may [...]
Dig into new atrial fibrillation codes I48.11 and I48.19. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out how these new codes and [...]
Get to know how these new CMS proposed rules might affect your practice. Fee schedule changes to most evaluation and management (E/M) services have been relatively safe from CMS intervention over the past few years. As for 2019, however, it’s [...]
Hint: Proposal causes one pulmonary practice in our sample to lose $93,000 in one year. Pulmonology practices have been able to rest easy during the past few years’ worth of fee schedule changes, but this year may have thrown a [...]
