DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 2 (February)

Survey: Wellness visit denials affect almost a third of practices

While a slight majority of your peers have not seen denials when billing the annual wellness visit (AWV), one in five have not billed the service yet and another 30% have seen denials, according to an unscientific Part B News reader survey. At least four Medicare contractors have admitted to incorrectly denying the service and are now reprocessing affected claims automatically (see related story).

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