Home | News & Analysis
Part B News
09/23/2019
Don’t get lax on how frequently you report venipuncture code 36415 (Collection of venous blood by venipuncture) or you may elicit auditing activity on a service that is grossly overreported under the Part B fee schedule.
09/23/2019

Mark your calendar: The end of the Medicare card and Medicare beneficiary identifier (MBI) transition period occurs on Dec. 31 – after which the new cards and numbers are de rigueur. Review the essentials and make sure you’re ready for the cut-off.

09/23/2019

New burdens aimed at qualified registries and qualified clinical data registries (QCDRs) would, if finalized, mean higher costs for them and maybe for you.

09/23/2019

Question: I’ve recently received a spate of denials with duplicate claims messages. Why -- and what can I do to avoid this?

09/23/2019

Question: I’ve just heard about a doctor at Cedars-Sinai who was removed from his post after he was formally charged with possession of child pornography. I’m interested to know: If we were, God forbid, to have such a situation at our practice, would we be able to remove the doctor, even if he hadn’t gone to trial and been found guilty? Also, what do we tell the patients?

09/23/2019

Auditors emphasize the amount of improper payments attributed to common venipuncture code 36415 with bundled codes in 2018. But it’s also worth noting that the codes with which 36415 may have been improperly claimed generally pay more — and it’s really not worth potentially gumming up your claims on those codes for a small extra payment on a blood draw.

Login

User Name:
Password:
Welcome to the new Part B News Online. If you are a returning user having trouble logging in, please click here.
Back to top