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billing codesrehabilitationbehavior managementFamily caregivers of patients with rehabilitation and chronic care needs are often instrumental in helping to minimize patient risks for safety and other adverse health events and to avoid unnecessary healthcare utilization. In the United States, outside of the...
To prioritize patient safety, CMS is seeking public comment on three options for updating the overall hospital quality star rating methodology and whether hospitals that performed in the bottom quartile in the Safety of Care measure group should be eligible to receive five-star ratings. The optio...
2024. CMS finalized the payment and program requirements for the new IOP benefit. The Final Rule includes the scope of benefits, physician certification requirements, coding and billing guidelines, and payment rates under the IOP benefit. CMS finalized its proposal that...
Additionally, CMS proposes a 1.33 rate adjustment for new FQHC patient visits, and for Medicare beneficiary’s initial preventive physical examination (IPPE). CMS recognized that new patient visits and IPPEs are generally more costly and resource intensive. CMS also proposes to change some of the ...
4. What is the new requirement for using audio-only telecommunications for mental health services? CMS now limits the use of audio-only communications to mental health services when the patient cannot use or does not consent to two-way audio/video technology. A new modifier is required to indi...
September 10, 2024—Laminate Medical Technologies announced that the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted the company’s VasQ extravascular support device a Transitional Pass-Through (TPT) Payment under billing code C8000 (support device, extravascular, for arteriovenous ...