This week's note from the instructor explores payment implications for a new virtual check-in service, which will be implemented effective January 1, 2019, as a provision of the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
This week’s Medicare updates include a proposed decision memo on a national coverage determination (NCD) for vagus nerve stimulation for treatment resistant depression, a new initiative to promote patient safety and quality of care in nursing homes, the implementation of an NCD for implantable cardiac defibrillators, and more!
