The following House bills were introduced: H.R. 863. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare program. Introduced Feb. 25 by Rep. [...]
930 (Foreign body on external eye) 930.1 (Corneal foreign body) 931 (Foreign body in the ear) 932 (Foreign body in the nose) 933.0 (Foreign body in pharynx) 933.1 (Foreign body in larynx) 934.0 (Foreign body in trachea) 934.1 (Foreign body [...]
Are your claims sending up the most hazardous -red flags-? Medicare paid oncology and hematology practices $88,372,541 for 99213 and $268,913,937 for 99214 in 2006, according to recently released statistics. So it's no wonder auditors are on the lookout for [...]
Surprise: New changes could actually make life easier for providersGetting in the loop on revisions to the Medicare claims appeals process is relatively painless - and could help save time and money.Provisions in the Medicare Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ff) [...]
The therapy cap moratorium isn't the only good news for therapists.Therapists who have been drowning in Medicare's administrative quagmire can take heart: Congress has thrown them a lifeline. Buried in the thousands of pages that make up the newly enacted [...]
You can correct minor errors without pulling your own teethIf you're drowning in Medicare paperwork, you can rejoice. Buried in the hundreds of pages of the newly signed Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 lie regulatory reform [...]
Ability to correct minor errors most helpful. If you're drowning in Medicare's administrative quagmire, take heart: Congress has thrown you a lifeline. Buried in the thousands of pages that make up the newly enacted Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act [...]
