The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a Medicare Learning Network podcast which was intended to clarify the correct use of certain HCPCS modifiers, specifically when billing for wrong surgery on a patient. CMS discussed the HCPCS modifier -PC (Wrong Surgery on Patient), which was established in CR6405 (pdf), along with two […]
American Chiropractic Association Publishes New PQRS Reporting Resources
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has published several new resources intended to help doctors of chiropractic (DCs) with proper implementation of Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). Eligible professionals who do not satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered professional services will be subject to a PQRS negative payment adjustment (pdf) beginning in 2015. […]