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Say hello to a new batch of G codes, newly reimbursable CPT codes and revised chronic care management (CCM) reporting criteria as CMS attempts to better capture the work a provider performs behind the scenes when treating episodic care.

You may be able to forget the full-year reporting requirement for meaningful use this year -- the year-long reporting mandate will be out the window if a proposed rule issued July 6 become final.
Starting next year, Medicare would no longer pay a higher hospital outpatient facility fee for certain items and services provided in an off-campus, provider-based setting (place of service 19), under a CMS proposal issued July 6.
Early-intervention drug and alcohol screening can be a valuable service for your patients, yet many providers are leaving the preventive effort -- and the reimbursement associated with it -- on the table.
A 2017 budget bill that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved last week proposes to cut all funding for a program that provides education and enrollment assistance to Medicare beneficiaries.

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