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Take Advantage of Low-cost Continuing Education Units
If you’re looking for inexpensive Continuing Education Units (CEU), check the Free/Low Cost CEU page on the AAPC website. There, you can find several suggestions to obtain free or low-cost CEUs. Local Chapter Meetings / Local Events — Log in and you will see a personalized calendar of pre-approved local chapter meetings and events in your […]
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Medicare Advantage Organization and Former COO to Pay $32.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Freedom Health Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based provider of managed care services, and its related corporate entities (collectively “Freedom Health”), agreed to pay $ 31,695,593 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in illegal schemes to maximize their payment from the government in connection with their Medicare Advantage plans, the Justice Department announced today. In addition, the former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Freedom Health Siddhartha Pagidipati, has agreed to pay $ 750,000 to resolve his alleged role in one of these schemes. You can read the full update on the justice.gov website – here.
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CMS Announces 2018 Medicare Advantage and Drug Program Rates
As an ongoing effort to strengthen the Medicare Advantage and the Prescription Drug Program by supporting flexibility, efficiency, and innovation, the Center Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final updates to the Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Program for 2018. The final policies are similar to the proposal released i
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A rep came into the office and let the doctors know that they could and provided us with documentation on this(for the two codes). So if they bill a G0439 and a 99397 should I put a 25 modifier on the 99397?
Also the Doctors are billing all three codes, G0439, 99397, and 99213. Is this allowed? We have done tons of research and have no documentation just reps telling us yes we can. When we ask for documentation stating that we can do this they say "we don’t have any".
Please Help we are not getting a straight answer from anyone.