tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 27

Physician Note: 99310: Claims Review Reveals Missing Signatures

Plus: Check out this hospice billing guidance. When Part B MAC CGS Medicare began its prepayment medical review of nursing facility care code 99310, the contractor was unsure of what it would find to explain why the code had been the source of so many errors in its system. But over the last few months, the agency compiled the data it collected about the code and found out that missing signatures were a big culprit. CGS Medicare identified the following five areas as being the biggest issues among claims for 99310: Non-receipt of documentation. When CGS asked for documentation...

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