decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2022 Issue 8 (August)
NPs set to benefit from the domiciliary, home visit merger
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Article Overview
This premium article covers an upcoming E/M coding change scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2023, along with background on how Medicare Part B utilization has been distributed across specialties for visits in home and residence settings. It is relevant for nurse practitioners, primary care clinicians, podiatry, and coding professionals who track outpatient E/M changes and specialty reporting trends.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers understand a significant restructuring of visit coding for non-facility residence settings and places that change in the context of Medicare reporting patterns. The article is useful for anyone monitoring how E/M updates may affect documentation, code-family structure, and specialty-level utilization.
What You Will Learn
- Which broad E/M visit categories are being reorganized
- How the update changes the structure of residence-based visit reporting
- Which specialties appear most frequently in Medicare Part B data for these services
- Why nurse practitioner utilization is highlighted in the discussion
- How the article frames the change within broader home-based care trends
Who Should Read This
- Nurse practitioners
- Physician assistants
- Primary care providers
- Podiatrists
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Revenue cycle professionals
Code Ranges Discussed
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