tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 22

Physician Notes: Look for New CLIA-Waived Tests Effective July 1

Plus: OIG zeroes in on inappropriate Neulasta payments.You'll have 12 new tests that you'll be able to report as "CLIAwaived," thanks to a May 28 CMS transmittal on the matter. According to MLN Matters article MM6906, CMS will now consider these tests CLIA-waived effective July 1. You'll have to append modifier QW (CLIA-waived test) to these codes, which include the following, among others:Phamatech QuickScreen One Step THC Screening Test -- G0431Acceava Mono Cassette (for whole blood) -- 86308Care Diagnostics Clarity IFOB test -- 82274 and G0328The article indicates that "effective July 1, 2010, CPT code 80101 (Drug...

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