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Fallout from the Change Healthcare hack continues. 
 
Just days before it was to take effect, Cigna announced it would “delay implementation” of a strict new policy for E/M services billed with modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable E/M service by the same physician on the same date as a procedure).
 
 
Cigna’s plan for unbundled office visits is likely to increase your paperwork and and slow reimbursement.
 
 
As private payers continue to cut coverage for office consults and more coding changes approach, we can't help but wonder if practices should give up on this set of E/M codes.
Mother of mercy, is this the end of consults?
On March 13, CMS posted a fact sheet to the cms.gov website to aid Medicare providers, billers and coders with information relating to the pricing of both the CDC and non-CDC coronavirus (COVID-19) tests.  

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