Billing: 5 Tips You Need to Know for Clean 2015 Claims

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers identify whether the article applies to their Medicare billing workflow and the service lines they support, especially where coverage, reporting, and claim-processing rules changed for 2015.

Article Sections

1. Introduction

   An overview of the 2015 Medicare claim-processing updates and the webinar source for the guidance.

2. Update Your Interventional Cardiology Specialty Code

   A discussion of specialty enrollment changes and related Medicare administrative guidance for interventional cardiology.

3. Expand Your Telehealth Options

   A summary of telehealth-related service category additions and the general timing of those changes.

4. Medically Unlikely Edit Changes

   General reminders about Medicare claim edits, denial handling, and reporting considerations associated with edited services.

5. Hepatitis C Coverage Expands

   Coverage expansion information for hepatitis C screening, including general eligibility and setting considerations.

6. Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity Is Payable

   A brief update on Medicare coverage for group-based obesity counseling services and related billing context.