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06/18/2018
Incorporate updated billing limits on specific counseling and therapy codes to avoid running afoul of the latest Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) guidance. Effective July 1, CCI version 24.2 edits target specific services that practices report hundreds of thousands of times per year.
06/18/2018

If you’ve detected a pattern of overpayment or other malfeasances at your practice that could bring the attention of the feds, in addition to repaying or correcting the issue, you should self-disclose – but first choose carefully among the agencies that offer this option.

06/18/2018
Watch out for new Medicare cards in your office: CMS confirms that it has started sending out the new cards with new Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs), and some of your patients may have already received them.
06/18/2018
Question: One of our patient’s Medicare Advantage plans is offering its members home visits by a nurse. The nurse performs many of the same services that patients receive with they see their primary care physician for an annual wellness visit (AWV). Do I have to worry that they’ll perform AWVs on my patients without telling me about it and cause confusion and lost charges when I try to bill them?
06/18/2018
Providers will have a total of 473 code changes beginning Oct. 1, including 279 new codes, 143 revised codes and 51 deactivated codes, according to the final list of changes issued June 11 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
06/18/2018
Practices around the country are providing a greater number of obesity-counseling services, as the 307,000 claims of G0447 (Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes) in 2016 indicate.

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