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08/07/2013
Practice staff will have a legal way to complete physician enrollment using the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) as CMS is poised to roll out its long-awaited surrogate program for use by the end of August.
08/05/2013

Though CMS has yet to set fees for new G-codes for complex chronic care services introduced in the proposed 2014 physician fee schedule, practices can look to six key points to determine whether they’ll be able to provide the services profitably.

 
08/05/2013
Increased payments for Medicaid primary care services have started reaching providers more than six months after the two-year program began.
 
08/05/2013

Look at the total time of an E/M visit and whether it was dominated by counseling to know whether you are able to bill prolonged services codes.

 
08/05/2013
Don’t let confusing requirements for diagnostic tests performed by non-physician practitioners (NPPs) stop your office from pursuing a new revenue opportunity.
08/05/2013
Make sure you have complete documentation to support billing 99355 (Prolonged service in the office ... ; each additional 30 minutes) for at least 75 minutes of prolonged services because denial rates jumped to 35.5% in 2011 from 29.8% in 2010.

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