tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 11

Laboratories: Its Time To Ramp Up Diabetes Screening Tests

Now labs can bill at least once per year for all patientsThe Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) rang in the New Year with far-reaching reimbursement changes that open the door for annual diabetes screens for patients - and bi-annual ones for those who qualify."Before this, Medicare patients were refused screening except for certain procedures," excluding diabetes, explains Margaret Ann Hyder, lab manager for Clinical Laboratory Services in Lincolnton, NC.Good news: The screening benefit, effective Jan. 1, allows for one test per year for patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes. That means a diabetes screen can become part...

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