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Rates at MAC making big E/M changes similar to rest of U.S.
You may wonder whether National Government Services (NGS) has a specific reason for making it more challenging to reach higher-level E/M requirements with new exam specifications, while other Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have not. Data suggests it doesn’t have to do with any unusual patterns in E/M billing denial rates in the 10 states NGS covers versus the rest of the country.
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