News alert: Provider reimbursement available for counseling patients to self-isolate at time of COVID-19 testing

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The following News Alert was issued mid-day on Thursday, June 30, 2020: CMS and CDC announce provider reimbursement available for counseling patients to self-isolate at time of COVID-19 testing Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are announcing that … Read More

COVID-19 FAQs on Medicare fee-for-service billing updated again

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This 140-page COVID-19 FAQ document was updated on July 28, 2020. This is what’s new in this version during July: Page 10 – Diagnostic Laboratory Services … Question: If a physician/non-physician practitioner (NPP) reports CPT code 99211 “Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established … Read More

Skilled nursing facility PEPPER now available

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The Q4FY19 release of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through September 2019 is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal. To obtain your SNF PEPPER, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Administrator, Compliance Officer, or Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Officer of your … Read More

CMS updates data on COVID-19 impacts on Medicare beneficiaries

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released its first monthly update of data that provides a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population. For the first time, the snapshot includes data for American Indian/Alaskan Native Medicare beneficiaries. The new data indicate that American Indian/Alaskan Native … Read More

Texas Symposium Registration Thank You

HomeSpeakersSessionsCEUs 2-DAY VIRTUAL TRAINING AND STRATEGY EVENT | SEP 15-16, 2020 Thanks for registering!We’re excited you’re joining us for the event.Here’s what happens next… You’ll receive a separate confirmation email for each of the 10 Symposium sessions. Each email contains a unique login link you will use to access the … Read More