decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2000 Issue 11 (November)
Critical care work RVUs jump back to year 1999 levels
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Article Overview
This article covers a Medicare physician fee schedule update that affects critical care reimbursement and the federal definition used to support payment policy. It is relevant to physicians, hospital coders, and reimbursement staff who follow CPT-based critical care services and related HCFA guidance. The article also notes treatment of a diagnostic procedure when performed with critical care and references associated cardiac output interpretation services.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers understand a payer policy change that affected critical care valuation and clarified how the service was described for 2001. The article also flags a separate payment policy issue for a diagnostic test performed in conjunction with critical care, which can affect hospital billing and coding review.
What You Will Learn
- How the 2001 physician fee schedule affected critical care reimbursement
- How the federal description of critical care was revised
- How payment policy addressed a diagnostic service performed with critical care
- How related cardiac output interpretation services were referenced in the discussion
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Certified professional coders
- Hospital coding staff
- Reimbursement specialists
- Compliance staff
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