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In case you missed it, CMS has slowly been updating its website. The changes look great, but last week’s makeover of the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) section may contain broken links.
 
Payment cuts are in the offing for Part B providers in 2023, along with a series of other projected changes targeting E/M services, COVID-related billing flexibilities and value-based care, according to the proposed 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule released today.
 
After legislative reprieve buoyed fees in 2022, CMS again is taking a hack at its primary rate-setting mechanism. The proposed 2023 conversion factor is $33.08, down $1.53, or 4.4%, from the current-year conversion factor of $34.61, according to the 2,066-page proposed rule.
Critical care billing errors can be a bad habit warns Scott Kraft, CPMA, CPC, auditor for DoctorsManagement.
 
Brain illness and injury, with a focus on dementia-related diagnoses, occupy a high volume of the 1,495 proposed changes to the ICD-10-CM code set announced today.
 
As the COVID public health emergency endures, you’ll find a new code that you can report when providing a Moderna booster shot, along with a complementary administration code.

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