General Surgery Coding Alert - 2019 Issue 18
Industry Notes: Don’t Wait Until the Deadline to Start Using Patients’ MBIs
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Article Overview
This article summarizes late-breaking Medicare program updates for providers and beneficiaries. It focuses on the transition to Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers for claims, reminders about protecting Medicare card information, and the final window for requesting a targeted review of 2018 MIPS results through CMS systems. The piece is relevant for billing teams, compliance staff, and clinicians tracking Medicare and quality reporting deadlines.
Why This Topic Matters
It highlights operational Medicare changes and time-sensitive administrative deadlines that affect claims submission, beneficiary data security awareness, and MIPS payment adjustment review processes.
What You Will Learn
- How CMS is communicating the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier transition
- What Medicare card and beneficiary information security reminders are being emphasized
- How the 2018 MIPS targeted review process and deadline are being framed
- Which CMS access systems are referenced for viewing MIPS submissions
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Practice administrators
- Compliance professionals
- Clinicians participating in MIPS
- Medicare providers
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