The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily lifted restrictions on the use of telehealth services to allow beneficiaries to receive care without going to their physician's office. CMS announced penalties will not [...]
Practical Pain Management editorial advisory board members share their tips for getting pain patients through the pandemic.Full story.
CMS has issued a MLN (Medicare Learning Network) article concerning the inappropriate reporting of HCPCS supply code L8679 (Implantable neurostimulator, pulse generator, any type) for electro-acupuncture devices. These devices are applied behind the ear using [...]
In the next few weeks we will be contacting a random selection of members to participate in an important AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) survey of physician work for codes 64633-64636 which [...]
The Coding and Reimbursement Committee has updated the coding information available on the AAPM website. New charts have been posted that include information concerning Medicare's 2020 Relative Value Units (RVUs) for codes commonly reported by [...]
The Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has posted a new research protocol, Treatments for Acute Pain. Full story.
CPT 2020 makes significant changes to the family of codes for Somatic Nerve Injections (CPT 64400-64489). This includes code additions, deletions and revisions to existing codes and the introductory guidelines. New codes are also added [...]
Don't miss out on valuable coding and reimbursement information needed for success in 2020. AAPM is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, December 11 at 2PM CT that will discuss new and revised CPT codes effective [...]
Starting January 1, 2020, you MUST submit claims using MBIs regardless of the date the service was performed. Claims submitted without the MBI will be rejected and not processed by Medicare. MBIs replace the Social [...]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Final Rule for 2020 that that includes proposals to update payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee [...]
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