tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 16

PHYSICIAN NOTES: At Least 1 MAC Processed Part B Claims Using 21 Percent 'Pricing Error'

Plus: New analysis offers tips on migrating your ICD-9 system over to an ICD-10 based strategy. Earlier this month, President Obama helped you avert a 21 percent pay cut by signing the "Continuing Extension Act of 2010" -- but one MAC let several claims slip through the system using the discounted payment formula, and the payer is in the process of correcting its error. Just before the president signed the law on April 15, MACs had been holding all claims for dates of service between April 1 and April 14. Even though the pay freeze was retroactive to April...

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