tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 36

PART B REGS: Licensed Physicians Can Enroll in PECOS Even If They Don't Intend to See Medicare Patients

Plus: CMS plans to debut two new physician specialty designations for hospice providers and geriatric psychiatrists. Warning: Don't append modifiers PA, PT, or PC to your claims unless you've performed the wrong surgery, or treated the wrong patient or body party. That's the word from CMS, which indicated during an Oct. 6 Open Door Forum that providers are incorrectly appending these modifiers. CMS issued Transmittal1819 on Sept. 25 to let providers know how to submit claims when a physician performs the wrong surgery or treats the wrong patient or site. "We've come to learn that a number of physicians...

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