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The uniform policies for epidural steroid injections for pain management that went into effect late last year illustrate that LCDs are works in progress that change without warning. Five Medicare administrative contractors have revised the uniform LCD that they recently released and more changes could be on the horizon.
Practices that perform intralaminar and transforaminal epidural injections to manage chronic pain should add 'Implement the new local coverage determination (LCD),' to their to-do list PBN Blog has learned from Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP, director of advisory solutions for abeo.
You can take advantage of greater frequency when reporting telehealth services to patients in the nursing home setting. CMS will soon begin to permit payment for encounters once every 14 days, instead of once per month.
New prolonged service code 99417 is the star of next year’s prolonged service show -- but coders should be aware of the other changes to the code set that will go into effect next year.
 
Providers gained a substantial pay boost for audio-only E/M encounters (99441-99443) under recent CMS rulemaking -- and the path to those payments for claims you already submitted just got easier.
 
 

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