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Ready for Round 2? Expect release of 2023 E/M guideline changes this summer

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 29, 2022

Practices will be breaking in a new set of E/M guidelines for their visits in a facility starting in January of 2023, according to an AMA official. But you can expect to see the coding and guideline changes sooner than that: CMS wants to have a first look at them by early summer of this year.

CMS clarifies modifier FT rules for critical care services

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Dec 15, 2021

First impressions can be deceiving. The descriptor for modifier FT is a prime example.

Practices lost billions as E/M visits vanished in 2020

by: Richard Scott Nov 23, 2021

The official count is in. While the plight of physician practices during the COVID pandmic is well-known, new data from CMS provides a full accounting of the grisly financial landscape.

Mystery solved: CMS releases new split shared and critical care modifiers

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Nov 9, 2021

If you’ve been following the split (or shared) and critical care saga you know that Medicare announced in the final 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule that it would require new modifiers with the services.

CY2022 Medicare PFS cuts conversion factor, revamps billing policies

by: DecisionHealth Staff Nov 2, 2021

The final 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule is out, and the terms are in: Medical practices will confront key updates to split/shared services, critical care episodes and billing privileges, as well as a cut to the conversion factor that trims it nearly 4%.

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