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04/22/2010

Faxing your patient's prescription to the local pharmacy from a computer won't count toward meeting criteria to earn a bonus under CMS's electronic prescribing initiative. But when you properly transmit an electronic prescription that is converted into a fax prior to being filled, it does count toward earning the bonus, CMS officials say. This scenario is a legitimate e-prescribing transaction by CMS's standards.

04/22/2010

Anticipate and prepare for billing with new diagnosis codes for blood type incompatibility, multiple pregnancies, cognitive deficits and extreme obesity that will take effect Oct. 1, 2010. CMS has also proposed a new code to designate patients with a "do not resuscitate status."

04/22/2010

Check your remittances for claims with dates of service of April 1 and beyond as at least one carrier processed claims at a reduced rate. The claims will require re-processing. Other Medicare carriers say they held off on processing claims with dates of service of April 1 and beyond until after Congress acted late on April 15 to pass a pay fix, which was quickly signed by President Obama, to delay the 21.3% cut until May 31 (PBN 4/19/10).

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