tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 7

Reimbursement: Good News: Expect More Pay for These 10 Procedures

CMS has made some changes with retroactive effect to Jan. 1, 2013. Now you can collect more for bilateral procedures. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) brought some cheer to providers with Q2 updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. While most of the changes have an official implementation date of April 1, some are effective retroactive to Jan. 1, 2013. Check These Bilateral Indicator Changes You’ll now be able to collect more when you perform selective catheter placement (36222-36228) bilaterally. Previously, the bilateral procedure indicator on these codes was “0,” which meant that...

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