decisionhealth Newsletters, Answer Books - 2006 Issue 3 (March)
Program_Memos / 2002 / AB-02-096
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Article Overview
This article summarizes a Medicare program memorandum for hospitals and billing personnel. It covers modifier reporting guidance tied to specific outpatient/physician claim scenarios, along with the memorandum’s effective and implementation dates and its relationship to earlier program memo guidance.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps billing and reimbursement staff understand a short Medicare instruction that affected claim submission practices and timing in 2002.
What You Will Learn
- The general billing context addressed by the memorandum
- Which claim types are referenced in the guidance
- The effective and implementation timeline for the memorandum
- How the memorandum relates to prior program memo guidance
Who Should Read This
- Hospital billing staff
- Physician billing staff
- Medicare reimbursement professionals
- Revenue cycle teams
- Coding and compliance staff
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