tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 42

Don't Count On End Of Face-To-Face DME Requirement

A proposed requirement for doctors to see patients face-to-face before prescribing items of durable medical equipment hasn't been scrapped, just delayed. Many providers cheered when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in its final physician fee schedule rule that it wouldn't go forward with the burdensome face-to-face rule. But CMS officials told the Nov. 15 physician Open Door Forum that they're working on this regulation and hoped to issue something soon. ...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.