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Six years ago today, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law here's what Part B News wrote on March 23, 2010.

Coders got their first look March 22 at the 2,670 proposed ICD-10-CM code changes that take effect Oct. 1, 2016, which were issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a text file on its website. The final code changes will be posted on the CDC’s website later this year.

National Government Services (NGS) has fixed a problem with advance care planning codes (ACP) 99497 and 99498, so providers in their jurisdiction should see their wrongly denied claims resolved.

If your practice is raided by law enforcement and your files are taken -- as described in our recent Part B News story -- you probably don't want to say much about it, says Warren Cooper, senior communications specialist at Warren, N.J. public relations firm Evergreen Partners.
Providers must establish a treatment plan, discuss potential risks and even consider regular drug-screening tests for patients for whom they prescribe opioids, advises a new set of guidelines from the CDC.

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