On February 13, 2019 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an alert to ensure that patients have access to laboratory testing in response to the threat of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). CMS issued a new HCPCS code (U0001). This new code is for labs utilizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2019 […]
Why You Need to Embrace Electronic Medical Records For Your Clinic
The healthcare sector is fast moving towards adopting electronic management of medical records. The move to digital management of records is not only beneficial to the patient but also the healthcare providers. Moving from a manual system of doing things to the digital platform is initially daunting for anyone, but it is worth all the […]
Top Challenges Facing Labs Today: 4 Key Takeaways From Lab Institute 2017
Representatives of Physicians Group Management (PGM Billing) recently returned from attending and exhibiting at Lab Institute 2017. This meeting, hosted by G2 Intelligence, brings together professionals from throughout the lab industry for three days of education and networking. In this ever-changing, ever-evolving healthcare environment, many sessions focused on the top challenges facing laboratories. Here are […]
Medicare Provides Guidance on Laboratory Services Consolidated Billing
When laboratory services are billed by providers other than the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facility and the laboratory service furnished is designated as a service that is included in the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS), Medicare will reject or deny the claim. This is according to recent issue of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, a […]
Medicare Provides Guidance on Facet Joint Injection Billing
Medicare has found that insufficient documentation is a common cause for improper payments for facet joint injection procedures. This is according to a recent issue of Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, a newsletter from CMS developed to help providers to avoid common billing errors and other erroneous activities when dealing with the Medicare Program. The […]
CMS Publishes January 2017 Medical Billing Errors Newsletter
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published its latest Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, which provides guidance to address medical billing process errors. The newsletter is designed to identify common billing errors and other erroneous activities when dealing with the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Program. Topics discussed in the January 2017 issue include the […]
6 Things About Data Reporting for Clinical Laboratories to Know
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an MLN Matters special edition article providing guidance for clinical laboratories about data reporting. The data reporting period opened on January 1. Here are six things from the article for clinical laboratories to know about data reporting. 1. CMS has developed the online data collection […]
Rhode Island Working to Address Surprise Medical Billing
Rhode Island has become the latest state to take steps in an effort to address the ongoing challenge of surprise bills for medical services. As the Providence Journal reports, state lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would provide for a dispute resolution process for emergency services and surprise bills for medical services performed by nonparticipating (i.e., […]
CMS Increases Definitive Drug Testing Reimbursement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will increase reimbursement for toxicology drug confirmation codes in 2017. Background For 2016, CMS implemented four new HCPCS G codes for definitive drug testing: G0480 G0481 G0482 G0483 CMS priced these codes using a crosswalking fo rmula. The first two tests performed were paid at the full […]
Gastroenterology Billing Compliance: Enteral Infusion Pumps
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a video that contains guidance to help providers bill correctly for enteral infusion pumps. Medicare Part B covers enteral nutrition supplies and equipment (feeding pump) under the prosthetic device benefit. The two-minute video discusses Medicare coverage criteria for enteral infusion pumps and the four pieces […]