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Freebies to encourage Medicare and other federal health care patients to get vaccinated are fine -- but mind the requirements.
A recent Part B News/DecisionHealth survey shows clinicians lag behind coders when it comes to understanding key concepts of the 2021 E/M update. Use our FAQs to bring physicians and qualified health care professionals up to speed.
 
The AMA released a series of codes that would be eligible for reporting a COVID-19 vaccine under development by Novavax Inc.
 
 
Providers will find 205 proposed ICD-10-CM code changes in the FY 2022 version of the code set, slated to take effect Oct. 1, 2021. The proposed updates include 153 new diagnosis codes, 22 revised codes and 30 invalidated codes.
 
The changes were issued in the proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payment rule for acute and long-term care hospitals, released April 27.
 
You can take advantage of greater frequency when reporting telehealth services to patients in the nursing home setting. CMS will soon begin to permit payment for encounters once every 14 days, instead of once per month.

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