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CMS Update
March 15, 2024
G2211 visit complexity is now payable. We explain the requirements in simplified easy to understand rules to ensure proper reimbursement. The moratorium on Medicare payment for G2211 issued under…
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CMS Update
February 9, 2023
CMS issued Transmittal 11842 which brings about some significant changes to the manual. CMS is revising the following sections of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Claims…
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CMS Update
August 19, 2021
Look closely at your commercial contracts. It is very likely it requires providers and staff to take fraud, waste, and abuse training offered by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For…
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August 11, 2021
Currently, Transvenous (Catheter) Pulmonary Embolectomy is not covered by Medicare as it is still considered experimental. CMS is proposing to remove National Coverage Decision 240.6 and allow the…
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CMS Update
July 23, 2021
Recently the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued Part I of the Interim Final Rule of the No Surprises Act. The intent of the Act is to address balance…
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CMS Update
June 1, 2021
As announced in the OPPS Final Rule, effective with July 1, 2021 dates of service, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) is adding two additional hospital outpatient department (OPD)…
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CMS Update
March 18, 2021
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a correction notice on Thursday March 18, in the Federal Register. Codes inadvertently included on the Telehealth List in error: 96121, 99221,…
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CMS Update
March 15, 2021
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reimbursement increase for administering the COVID-19 vaccine. Effective March 15, 2021, the national average payment rate for…
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CMS Update
January 7, 2021
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 has modified the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). Two major impacts under the Act include: A 3.75% increase in MPFS payments for CY 2021 Delayed…
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