NHIC will allow no greater than two units for HCPCS Level II code J9035 Injection, bevacizumab, 10 mg per patient per date of service, effective for services rendered on or after Feb. 1, according to an AAPC release.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Rep. Lynn Luker (R-Boise) of Idaho has proposed a bill to limit state-funded medical procedures for patients who don't pay their medical bills, according to an Idaho Reporter report.
Payments to out-of-network providers by Blue Cross plans in Texas and Illinois, by UnitedHealth Group in New York and by Aetna for some policies are dropping to Medicare levels, no longer honoring the providers' "usual, customary and reasonable" rates, according…
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The following was written by Sumit Gandhi, CPC, associate vice-president of medical coding for GENASCIS. The AMA announced the…
The following article is written by I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, managing principal & CEO of EVEIA HEALTH. What should you do when a payor notifies you that it is changing its payment system from a Medicare-grouper methodology to an…
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CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Rosalind Richmond, chief coding and compliance officer of GENASCIS, which provides revenue cycle services and supporting technologies for surgery centers,…
Due to changes that have gone into effect, including the Affordable Care Act revisions to the 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule and corrections to the MPFS, a large number of Medicare fee-for-service claims will undergo reprocessing to readjust inaccurate payments,…
There are significant changes to the Current Procedural Terminology codes for orthopedic and spine surgeons in 2011, according to an article in AAOS Now.
Results of a HIMSS ICD-10/5010 Readiness Survey show that one-third of respondents reported not being prepared for 5010 compliance, which is the latest version of standards for the conversion of electronic health records, according to a HIMSS news release.
The economy is only slowly starting to turn around, and Medicare reimbursements are taking a hit as well. It's no wonder, with the future looking so grim, that ASCs are nervous and anxious about how to remain competitive and financially…