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Big changes to anesthesia codes for gastrointestinal endoscopy services are raising coder questions --  and Part B News has answers! 

The slight increase in the conversion factor means little or no change in reimbursement for most of your E/M codes and other high volume services – with two exceptions.

Medicare Advantage is gaining ground among patients and practices are well-advised to investigate those contracts, as we reported on October 16, . Donald Rebhun, M.D., co-chair of the Quality and Performance Committee for the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) and board member with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), contributed to that story, and has these further thoughts

The final rule for year two of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) makes a few departures from the proposed rule -- the most surprising of which is the early return of the cost category for the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS).
We all know the saying about documentation: If it wasn't documented, it wasn't done. But don't forget the other part of that saying: If it was documented, but not legibly signed, it still wasn't done.

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