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The taxman cometh: File wisely, secure the most from practice deductions

03/13/2023

April is tax time, and practice owners should be attentive to changes in the tax environment — including increased legal and IRS attention and a few wrinkles in the tax code that medical personnel tend to miss.

Fearing ‘telehealth cliff,’ orgs oppose DEA’s proposed time limits, in-person demands

03/13/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Unnecessary, alarming, a step backwards. These are three terms health care organizations used to describe the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) plans for telehealth when the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends.

AMA updates two data definitions, hints at changes in 2024 and beyond

03/13/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

You can assign two data points when a provider orders and interprets a test, and count documents from an appropriate source toward data review. The new guidance applies to medical decision-making (MDM) for all level-based E/M visits. It was issued in the March 1 version of the errata and technical corrections for the 2023 CPT manual and released March 3. The changes are retroactive to Jan. 1.

Psychological, neuropsychological and neurobehavioral status testing codes, 2018 and 2019

03/13/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Here are the codes and consumer-friendly descriptors featured in the Benchmark of the Week. The list represents the codes that were in effect in 2018 and 2019. It is not a crosswalk.

Major code revisions did not hamper psychological testing

03/13/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Claims for psychological, neuropsychological and neurobehavioral status testing increased and denials fell after the AMA made major revisions to the code sets in 2019, according to analysis of Medicare Part B data.

Stand by until July for the next update to the NCCI

03/13/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

It’s not an early April Fool’s joke: CMS won’t issue National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits in April.

CMS publishes FAQ on modifiers JW and JZ

03/13/2023

by: Savannah Schmidt

CMS recently published an FAQ document on the use of drug waste modifiers. The resource addresses how the modifiers affect Medicare policy, to which products they can be appended, billing concerns and more.

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