Part B News Features
Question: Would a possible threat to a limb meet the requirement for a critical care service?... More
Recent changes mandated by Congress and CMS that boost the status of physician assistants (PA) — or physician associates, as some groups prefer — is another sign that the providers formerl... More
Whether practices performed an organ- or disease-oriented lab panel with a simplified or more complex laboratory test, the comprehensive metabolic panel (80053) dominated lab panels performed in place... More
Question: Would a possible threat to a limb meet the requirement for a critical care service?... More
Recent changes mandated by Congress and CMS that boost the status of physician assistants (PA) — or physician associates, as some groups prefer — is another sign that the providers formerl... More
Whether practices performed an organ- or disease-oriented lab panel with a simplified or more complex laboratory test, the comprehensive metabolic panel (80053) dominated lab panels performed in place... More
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Find the latest list of designated health services (DHS) that are subject to the Stark physician self-referral rule’s restriction on referrals. The new list went into effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Get a head start on revisions to codes in the E/M, cardiovascular, radiology and medicine chapters of the 2026 CPT Manual. The following chart contains the current and revised long descriptors for codes that CMS released in the proposed 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule and intends to assign an active (A) payment status
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Whether practices performed an organ- or disease-oriented lab panel with a simplified or more complex laboratory test, the comprehensive metabolic panel (80053) dominated lab panels performed in place of service 11 (Office) for the years 2020 to 2024.
Practices upped their annual wellness visit (AWV) reporting and cleared a new high in reimbursement for subsequent AWV code G0439 in 2024, topping $1.1 billion in payments.
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