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You’ll find new opportunities to code for services related to care management and behavioral health in 2017, according to the final 2017 Medicare physician fee schedule released Nov. 2. CMS finalized a suite of HCPCS codes for physician-led behavioral health services, two complex chronic care management (CCM) codes, initiating visit codes and more.
By now you've likely caught wind of the small, 2,400-page final rule CMS issued Oct. 14 that puts a finishing touch or two on CMS' new era of quality reporting and value-based payments.
You’ll find relaxed reporting requirements for year one of the federal Quality Payment Program (QPP) as CMS appears to be taking a toned-down approach to kick off its new era of quality reporting.
Perhaps human evolution someday will allow us to provide care to the souls of the deceased, but until that time comes, CMS had better shore up its claims allowances.
Here’s one change to look out for on Dec. 1, when the proposed changes to the ASC X12 claim form is released: The new format could require providers to include the device identifier (DI) segment of the unique device identifier for implanted devices such as pacemakers or defibrillators.

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