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Suffice it to say that doctors are less than thrilled with a CMS physician fee schedule proposal that would require surgeons to report eight G codes starting Jan. 1 for services provided during 10- and 90-day global periods.
You may find additional opportunity to get paid for the background work your providers perform in 2017 with CMS' plans to pay for non-face-to-face prolonged services, but keep an eye on billing requirements -- they may dampen the appeal.

State and federal prosecutors just landed a big settlement on an overpayments case against a major hospital chain and associated companies -- and it shows that at least one court takes the 60-day repayment window very seriously. 

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently revealed it submitted CMS to “wireless penetration testing.” Don't worry, it’s not as bad as it sounds.
Expect some wrinkles to your Medicare Advantage billing process if you operate in one of the seven states that's on track to launch a "value-based" insurance model next year.

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