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01/03/2022
For our annual predictions issue, Part B News assessed the topics, the challenges and the opportunities coming at medical practices in 2022. After consulting with industry insiders and taking the temperature of our readers, Part B News compiled 12 predictions of future-shaping events. 
01/03/2022
The Part B News editorial team holds ourselves accountable for our predictions every year by sharing with our readers how we fared with last year’s predictions. Here is an unfettered look at the 2021 results.
01/03/2022
More widespread use of chronic care management (CCM) services elevated the code family to all-time highs in total claims and payments in 2020, which bodes well for providers who will find lucrative pay gains after Jan. 1.
01/03/2022
Predictions for which we had no room in the paper edition.
12/20/2021
The near-4% Medicare conversion factor cut that you were expecting to arrive Jan. 1 has been significantly reduced after Congress intervened with a Dec. 9 bill. Also gone, at least for now: The 2022 sequestration and PAYGO cuts, meaning roughly 9% in expected revenue losses for 2022 physician payments are reversed for the time being.
12/20/2021
Recent changes mandated by Congress and CMS that boost the status of physician assistants (PA) — or physician associates, as some groups prefer — is another sign that the providers formerly known as mid-levels and extenders are increasingly important to U.S. health care. For medical groups, they may cost more to employ in the years to come.
12/20/2021
The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits that go into effect Jan. 1, 2022, include 46,574 new procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edit pairs and 210 new medically unlikely edits (MUE).
12/20/2021
The HITECH Act amendment that creates a safe harbor for practices and other covered entities that demonstrate a robust cybersecurity program is a great incentive to beef up your organization’s cybersecurity hygiene.
12/20/2021
Question: Are medical conditions due to substance use, abuse and dependence reported using ICD-10-CM codes for substance-induced disorders?
12/20/2021
Despite returning significantly fewer payments for a series of core E/M office visit codes in 2020, nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) continued to gobble up a greater share of E/M claims in comparison to their Medicare-billing peers in other specialties.

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