Mln Matters Roundup: 90658 Will No Longer Be Payable for Flu Shots Effective Next Month

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers track CMS changes that affect Medicare claim submission, code selection, and specialty reporting across preventive services, provider enrollment, and unusual modifier use.

Article Sections

1. Flu vaccine payment changes and new HCPCS codes

   Covers CMS guidance affecting Medicare reimbursement for influenza vaccine reporting and the introduction of new HCPCS vaccine codes. The section also discusses timing and claims-processing considerations related to the update.

2. Two new specialty codes

   Summarizes CMS’s addition of new physician specialty codes and explains the general enrollment and PECOS-related context for using them.

3. CMS introduces new modifier

   Describes the release of a new Medicare modifier associated with claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the general date-of-service context provided by CMS.