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Compliance Matters – September 2014
- NPP assistant at surgery and global surgery package
- Distinct procedural services modifiers
- Medically unlikely edits and bilateral procedures
Compliance Matters – December 2013
- Defining “immediately available”
- Split/shared service documentation
- Medical necessity for appropriate billing of e/m services
- Mandatory reporting of 8-digit clinical trial number
- Quick Blips: Appeals based on sub specialty, CLIA-waived tests, Documentation of 3 chronic or inactive conditions, Modifier 62
Compliance Matters – March 2013
- Billing critical care services
- Mid Level Providers and Appropriate Billing
- Teaching Physician Billing Rules
- Use of Co-signature to Support “In-the Suite” Presence for “Incident to” Services
- CMS’ Instruction for Reporting Correct Place of Service
- Finalized Rule for Ordering and/or Referring Providers Includes Instructions for Interns, Residents & Fellows in “Approved Programs”
Compliance Matters – April 2010
- CMS hot topic – Provider signatures
- Medicare No Longer Recognizing CPT Consultation Codes 99241 – 99255
- Updates to ABN Modifiers
- POS & DOS for Diagnostic Tests
- New, Improved, Streamlined Medicare Appeals Form
- Q&A: Sharp debridement vs selective debridement,
Compliance Matters – June 2009
- Medicare’s Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program – What It Is & Its Relevance to Physicians and Practices
- TP presence and documentation requirements table
- Q&A: Use of scribes by TP; Medical student documentation
Compliance Matters – June 2007
- Revisions to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual Regarding Discarded Drugs & Biologicals
- National Correct Coding Initiative
- Services of Physician Assistants
- Q&A: Removal of impacted cerumen
Compliance Matters – March 2007
- Missouri Medicaid to Follow National Correct Coding Guidelines
- Processing All Diagnosis Codes Reported on Claims
- Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs)
- Q&A: TP documentation requirements for endoscopies; Overlapping surgeries in ER
Compliance Matters – November 2006
- EMR Impact on Physician Reimbursement
- Addenda Guidelines
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Missouri Medicaid Requires Documentation of Time
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Clinical Trial Billing – Summing It All Up
- Q&A: Incident-to services; Modifier 51
Compliance Matters – May 2006 Clinical Trials Billing
Compliance Matters – February 2006
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Billing for Medical Device Clinical Trials
- Q&A: Macro’s in an EMR; GR modifier
Compliance Matters – November 2005
- An Introduction to Clinical Trial Billing
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Missouri Medicaid Allows IDTFs to Provide Services
- Q&A: Does HIPAA mandate that all payers follow the coding guidelines for each of the medical code sets?
Compliance Matters – August 2005
- Q&A: When to Append Modifier 57
- Incident-to Revisted
- When are Fellow Service Billable
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Welcome to Medicare Physical and the Primary Care Exception
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Q&A: Is it acceptable to report an initial hospital visit more than 24 hours after admission?
Compliance Matters – February 2005
- Q&A: HCPCS II code G0350; Time required for CPT code 96412
Compliance Matters – November 2004
- A Review of the Teaching Physician Supervision Guidelines for Procedures
- Q&A: How to bill for multidose vial; What date to put on lab tests; Reporting 95180
Compliance Matters – August 2004
- What You Should Know about Prepay Reviews
- Pay Attention to AdvanceMed Letters
- Q&A: Billing for bronchoscopes used to verify placement and/or reposition of ETT
Compliance Matters – April 2004
- “New problem” Under Incident-to Guidelines Clarified
- Where to Find RVU Information
Compliance Matters – February 2004
- Watch Out for Modifier 25
- Conscious Sedation
- Q&A: What is a confirmatory consultation; Compliance education requirements
Compliance Matters – December 2003
- Q&A: When should the unlisted CPT code be used
Compliance Matters – October 2003
- How to Report Split/Shared Services
- Understanding the Medicare Appeals Process
- The Issues with Critical Care
- Which code get the 59 modifier
Compliance Matters – August 2003
- ADR’s are not Denials
- Medicare Policy Decisions – You Do Have A Voice
- Q&A: Transcription tag lines; Billing Medicare for drug waste: Significance of status B indicator
Compliance Matters – June 2003
- Introduction to Fraud & Abuse
- Supervision Requirements for Diagnostic Tests
- Injectable Drug Billing Clarified
- Q&A: What’s the correct way to bill for compounded drugs; Checking for orders when auditing diagnostic tests
Compliance Matters – April 2003
- Q&A: Reference to resident; Where to find reliable references
Compliance Matters – February 2003
- Diagnosis Coding : Why Accuracy Counts
- Searching the OIG Exclusion Database
- Q&A: Initial hospital billed as subsequent; Documentation for counseling/ coordination of care; Coding a “history of” diagnosis
Compliance Matters – October 2002
- The ABCs of ABNs
- CCI: What is it and why should you care
- Reference to Resident Revisted
- Q&A: When to report 36410 (venipuncture); 2-4 organ systems versus 5-7
Compliance Matters – August 2002
- Consulations – Billing and Documentation Guide
- Fee Tickets can get you in Trouble
- Concurrent Care
- Prolonged Services (99354-99357)
- Q&A: Can obtaining blood specimen through implanted venous access device be billed
Compliance Matters – June 2002
- Incident-to guidelines
- Venipuncture documentation
- Q&A: Difference between new and established patient; Billing for inpatient admission when patient converts from observation to inpatient