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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.

By the end of the year, your practice or outpatient department could be taking part in a test of a new Part B drug payment model.
Quality reporting in 2014 will really pay off for 128 groups this year. The baseline upward adjustment is 15.92% and that amount doubled for groups that treated high risk patients.

Considering throwing your name into the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) applicant pool? Curious to see what type of coordinated efforts across multiple providers CMS has in mind?

You can now read HHS’ list of 32 inaugural ACOs, all of whom were chosen due to being established partnerships with “experience offering coordinated, patient-centered care, and operating in ACO-like arrangements,” according to a CMS Innovation Center statement.

Primary care providers will get additional revenue opportunities soon thanks to new Medicare coverage determinations for alcohol misuse and depression, CMS announced in a press release Oct. 14. Medicare will cover screening for alcohol misuse and behavioral counseling for those found to be misusing alcohol. Depression screening will be covered for primary care practices that have “staff resources to follow up” with treatments and referrals, the agency said.

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