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275k beneficiaries received chronic care management (CCM) in 2015

by: Richard Scott Jul 11, 2016

You can expect an easier time getting paid for chronic care management (CCM) services in 2017, as CMS plans to clear reporting hurdles for what it calls an "underutilized" service, according to the 2017 Medicare proposed fee schedule. Yet the proposed rule shows that no small number of Medicare beneficiaries received CCM services in 2015 -- specifically, 275,000 beneficiaries.

CMS focuses on behavioral health, CCM in proposed fee schedule

by: Part B News staff Jul 8, 2016

Say hello to a new batch of G codes, newly reimbursable CPT codes and revised chronic care management (CCM) reporting criteria as CMS attempts to better capture the work a provider performs behind the scenes when treating episodic care.

CMS proposes 90-day meaningful use reporting period for 2016 for all providers

by: Richard Scott Jul 7, 2016

You may be able to forget the full-year reporting requirement for meaningful use this year -- the year-long reporting mandate will be out the window if a proposed rule issued July 6 become final.

CMS proposes to cut off-campus (POS 19) centers' higher hospital pay

by: Laura Evans, CPC Jul 7, 2016

Starting next year, Medicare would no longer pay a higher hospital outpatient facility fee for certain items and services provided in an off-campus, provider-based setting (place of service 19), under a CMS proposal issued July 6.

What has 1,221 entries and ends at 5 p.m., ET today?

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Jun 27, 2016

If you have something to say about the proposed MIPS/APM rule, you need to act today. The comment period for the rule ends at 5 p.m., ET.

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