decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2025 Issue 1 (January)
CMS adds more than 100 codes to the list of designated health services
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Article Overview
This article reviews CMS’s annual update to the designated health services list that took effect for 2025. It is relevant to compliance staff, physician practices, and coding professionals who track Stark-related changes, because it outlines the overall scope of the update, the service categories affected, and where the official code lists can be found.
Why This Topic Matters
Practices that refer patients for designated health services need current CMS updates to support compliance planning and to understand how annual code-list changes may affect their Stark Law workflow.
Article Sections
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Compliance
Introduces the annual CMS update and its relevance to practice compliance planning. Summarizes the broad scope of the changes and identifies the main categories affected.
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Resources
Lists official CMS reference materials for the annual code update and the supporting downloadable files.
What You Will Learn
- What the annual designated health services update covers
- Which broad service categories were updated
- Why annual CMS code-list changes matter for compliance
- Where to find the official CMS reference documents
Who Should Read This
- Physician practices
- Compliance officers
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Healthcare administrators
Codes Discussed
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