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The contents of Medicare’s proposed physician fee schedule are typically a mystery until CMS publishes the rule on the Federal Register. But this year is different.
 
 
One question has come up about social determinants of health (SDOH) assessments with the Medicare annual wellness visit: If the provider taking the assessment finds the patient has social issues that should be addressed – e.g. housing status, transportation to health care appointments – is the provider obliged to address them, or simply document them? An expert responds.
 
Check the remittance advice for the services your practice performed on or after March 9. Your payments should reflect the new conversion factor that is based on the recent 2.93% increase to the physician conversion factor and the extension of the work geographic index.
Fallout from the Change Healthcare hack continues. 
 
A tough new policy for trigger point injections (20552-20553) will soon hit 38 states. Practices that don’t prepare will trigger denials that can’t be cured with an appeal.
 

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