Q: Rural health clinics have to start to bill all services on individual lines with HCPCS codes and charges. Is there a way to report these services on a separate line without the appearance of inflating our charges?
A bipartisan coalition of more than two dozen members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to CMS this week asking for a delay in massive proposed changes to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule due to begin January 1, 2017.
Q: I have a question regarding which place of service (POS) code I should use for an orthopedic doctor who did a consultation on a patient that came through the ED. The patient has a spiral fracture of the humerus. The electronic record documents that the patient was admitted to the medical unit on January 31 but was a “boarder” in the ED until February 2, waiting on a room to be available. The orthopedic doctor saw the patient on February 1. The patient did finally receive a room assignment on February 2. In this scenario would I use POS 22 (outpatient hospital) or 23 (ED)? This patient has Medicare.
CMS released a series of special edition articles applicable to chiropractic services on March 16. Medicare has a very limited coverage benefit for chiropractic services. This article will explain when treatment is covered and how to properly document medical necessity.
The healthcare industry got a five-year break from annual code updates for ICD codes as preparations for ICD-10 implementation took place, but the updates will be back this year and bigger than ever.
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!
CMS proposed a test this week for a new Medicare Part B prescription drug plan that would replace its previous policy of paying physicians and outpatient hospital departments the average sales price (ASP) plus 6%.
