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tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 19
PHYSICIAN NOTES :CMS' Senior Medicare Patrol Project Appears to Be
Plus: Even carriers appear to be confused about how to report discharge codes for deceased patients.
The Senior Medicare Patrol project may be losing momentum, but it could still cause headaches for you if your patients dont understand how Medicare billing works.
In 2008, 57 Patrol projects in all 50 states and Puerto Rico had 4,685 active volunteers who educated beneficiaries in 6,869 group education sessions and held 24,505 one-on-one counseling sessions, the HHS Office of Inspector General says in a recent report. The projects also conducted media and community outreach.
The program aims to teach...
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