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03/17/2025
New numbers suggest that the growth of Medicare Advantage enrollment, which has been faster than traditional Medicare’s for years, has begun to slow. The program faces headwinds, some self-generated, as beneficiaries see potential reductions to their benefits and their providers decoupling from plans.
03/17/2025
The October 2024 Cybersecurity Newsletter from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) focuses on social engineering — a significant and growing cyberthreat aimed at exploiting individuals to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
03/17/2025
You know that CMS will not reimburse the new CPT telehealth codes (PBN 1/23/24). However, some commercial plans are picking up the new codes (98000-98015).
03/17/2025
The answers to a reader’s questions about split/shared visits demonstrate that medical decision-making (MDM) can boost your care team’s effectiveness.
03/17/2025
On Feb. 21, CMS published Medicare Claims Processing Transmittal 13091 to communicate the roster billing process for submitting Part B claims for hepatitis B vaccines and their administration. CMS recently expanded coverage of hepatitis B vaccinations to include individuals who have not previously received a completed vaccination series and individuals whose previous vaccination history is unknown.
03/17/2025
Practices upped their use of modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service) in recent years, adding nearly 1 million 59-appended claims to the most frequently reported same-day procedural codes.

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