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The carrier WPS produced a fact sheet on modifier 22 (increased procedural services) June 8. We wrote about the modifier this week, noting denial rates for claims with the modifier have crept upward from 2005-2007. More than one in every four of these claims are denied by Medicare.

It's the second day of our 2009 Medicare Provider Enrollment Workshop and the hotel conference room is packed. Dennis Grindle, our speaker, cracks a joke about how frustrated practices are with CMS's unforgiving and sometimes unclear enrollment rules.

"As you can see, I'm not affiliated with CMS," he says. "That's why there's no bullet-proof screens up here around my podium."

 

President Barack Obama has "got nerve" to push Congress on health reform while he's "sightseeing in Paris," says a top Republican behind the reform effort. And he did it with Twitter.

 

Here is the latest update on the H1N1 influenza virus (or, the swine flu) outbreak from the CDC. The number of reported cases has reached roughly 8,000 cases, up from 5,000 a week ago. There are now 11 deaths linked to the swine flu. Subscribers can read our coverage, which includes Medicare billing advice, here and here.

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