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Hot Topic: Get the Scoop on Proposed MPFS 2019 Changes to E/M Coding and Payment
The 2019 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) includes some major potential changes to E/M coding and payment in its 665 pages. Major. Here are the highlights. Just remember that what’s below is proposed and may change before the final rule is implemented. Here’s the Big Payment News About Levels 2-5 Let’s get right to […]
Continue reading...Ups and Downs, MACRA Modifiers, and E/M DGs in MPFS 2018 Proposed Rule
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Part 3 of our proposed rule extravaganza is about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) 2018 proposed rule. (Part 1 was QPP and Part 2 was OPPS). Let’s get down to business, checking out some highlights explained in recent issues of Medicare Compliance and Reimbursement. Plusses and Minuses The proposed 2018 conversion factor is 35.99, […]
Continue reading...Quick Q&A to Take Multiple Scope Know-How Up a Notch
Friday, December 30, 2016
Happy New Year! We’ve made it to the last SuperCoder blog post for 2016, and what a year it’s been. Sometimes after a whirlwind of chaos, it’s good to get back to the fundamentals. With that in mind, today we’re looking at some simple tips for the next time you’re dealing with the multiple scope […]
Continue reading...Clean Up Your Cardiovascular Stress Test Coding With MPFS Insights
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Depending on your sense of humor, focusing on the topic of stress tests during the last two crazy weeks of the year might just make you smile. Or groan. Either way, if you code cardiovascular stress tests, you may find some useful hints in today’s post. Start With Stress Test Codes 93015-93018 Codes 93015-93018 are […]
Continue reading...5 Fast Facts From the 2017 MPFS Final Rule
Friday, December 9, 2016
Digesting the hundreds of pages in the MPFS 2017 Final Rule is best done in small bites. Here are five tidbits to get you started. 1. The Conversion Factor Goes Up a Little The 2017 conversion factor is just a bit bigger than the 2016 conversion factor: 2016: 35.8043 2017: 35.8887. Read about it: You’ll […]
Continue reading...Myth Buster: Get Ahead of MPFS 2017 Inspection of 0-Day Global Codes With Mod 25
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
A previous post about the 2017 physician fee schedule mentioned that the proposed rule lists 83 services with 0-day globals to review because of the large number of same-day E/Ms being reported with those codes. If that news got your codey-sense tingling, defeat your audit fears by busting these troublemaking myths. But first: Speaking of […]
Continue reading...How Will Changes to the Physician Fee Schedule Affect Your Practice?
Friday, June 10, 2016
Did you remember to check the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) for July? CMS implements the changes on July 5, 2016, but some of the changes will be effective back to Jan. 1, 2016. Check Out Key Changes in July Update CMS requires Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to amend payment files to conform with […]
Continue reading...Getting Paid for Your Non-Physician Practitioner’s Services With Incident-To Billing
Friday, April 29, 2016
As the number of physicians shrinks and the demand for healthcare expands, practices seek solutions to their patient care needs — and many have found it by hiring non-physician practitioners, or NPPs. Physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) fill the gaps caused by physician shortages in primary care. In fact, a recent Brandeis University […]
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