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Check out the ICD-10-CM changes that will go into effect April 1, 2025. The CDC did not release any new codes, but you should review the ICD-10-CM Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries 2025 Addenda April Update with your staff before April 1.
Part B News unveiled a fearless forecast of pressures, challenges and opportunities coming to meet medical practices in 2025. From behavioral health challenges to the fast-expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, we scoped out the big-ticket items likely to make waves this year.
 
As an add-on to the predictions story, you can find additional reading with a slate of resources that informed our reporting. The following links are categorized by prediction topic.
 
Give staff a list of the audio-only telehealth services that are covered by the three-month waiver extension as you head into the new year.
 
 
Here’s a prediction that might come true before the next issue of Part B News hits your inbox: Congress will extend the CMS telehealth waivers that are set to expire at midnight, Dec. 31.
 
 
The Part B fee cuts are coming. After CMS proposed an across-the-board 2.8% reduction to the Medicare Part B conversion factor in July, the agency today confirmed that the rate-setting reduction is on track to kick in on Jan. 1, 2025.
 
Within the 3,088 page final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule that was released this afternoon, CMS also finalized a diverse range of new service, such as caregiver training and a host of mental health-adjacent codes, largely punted on telehealth reform, confirmed the requirement of surgical transfer of care modifiers, and tweaked its quality-reporting programs.
 

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