The new modifier -PO (services, procedures, and/or surgeries furnished at off-campus provider-based outpatient departments [PBD]) and the alternative payment provisions under the Bipartisan Budget Act Section 603 are both related to off-campus PBDs but define "off-campus PBD" slightly differently.
In February 2016, just four months after ICD-10 go-live, sister publication HIM Briefings (formerly Medical Records Briefing) asked a range of healthcare professionals to weigh in on their productivity in ICD-9 versus ICD-10.
This week’s updates include implementation of the award for Jurisdiction A DME MAC workload; April 2016 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 17.1; and more!
This week’s updates include July quarterly update to 2016 annual update of HCPCS codes used for SNF Consolidated Billing (CB) enforcement; updates to Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapters 4 and 5 to correct remittance advice messages; and more!
