The 2020 update to the CPT Manual includes extensive updates to cardiovascular codes, including new codes for pericardiocentesis and pericardial drainage, aortic grafting, and endovascular repair procedures.
This week’s Medicare updates include details on repayments to outpatient clinic visits at excepted off-campus provider-based departments, a new ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder, an article on home infusion therapy billing, and more!
Eighty-four hospitals may have received incorrect payments for discharges on or after October 1 due to errors in the hospital wage-index table published in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pricer, according to CMS.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reviewed two proposals to recommend an increase in hospital reimbursement in 2021, according to documents from its December 5 meeting.
