CMS has published online most of the edits utilized in its Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) program to improve the accuracy of claims payments for Medicare Part B services. These edits, applied during ...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a massive CPT coding edit, placing stringent caps on the units of service that can be provided to patients for pathology and ...
The -59 modifier is used to report a “distinct procedural service”. Proper use of the -59 modifier can result in payment for services that are usually denied when performed in the same case. This is ...
Healthcare issues related to clinical laboratories; H.R. 2377/S. 1000, the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA), provisions relating to reform of Medicare reimbursement for clinical ...