With the first data reporting period beginning January 1, 2017, for CMS’ revamped Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, the agency has released a user guide and template to aid providers who are required to submit the data.
This week we have an excerpt from the Condition Codes 44 and W2 Training Handbook, by Kimberly Anderwood Hoy Baker, JD, CPC. For more information and to purchase, visit the HCPro Marketplace.
CMS wants your thoughts on its 2017 OPPS proposed changes. In various places in the proposed rule, CMS specifically asks providers to comment on the proposals. You may submit comments to the agency until September 6.
CMS wants your thoughts on its 2017 OPPS proposed changes. In various places in the proposed rule, CMS specifically asks providers to comment on the proposals. You may submit comments to the agency until September 6, 2016.
CMS proposes aligning its conditional packaging logic with how it applies packaging to labs, while also proposing to delete the much-maligned modifier -L1 for separately payable laboratory tests in 2017.