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Methadone maintenance

Does anyone know what CPT/HCPS code should be used for Commercial Insurance for Methadone Maintenance. The Medicaid code we use for this is H0020 with modifier UA for in office dispensing or modifier U1 for take home dosing. However some Commercial Insurance indicate it is an INVALID PROCEDURE CODE FOR SERVICE. I have looked and looked online for any guidance and cannot find anything. Would really appreciate any guidance on this. :confused:

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CA Med i Cal coverage for buprenorphine maintenance

Hi All, Does any one have experience and or knowledge for CA Medi Cal coverage for buprenophine maintenance. I have a Dr. who is wanting to add this service to his medical practice, however dont have any data of what Medi Cal pays or what the codes are to bill. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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Pipe Maintenance And Maintenance Endoscope – Endoscopy, Medical Devices, Surgery – Medical Devices

Pipe endoscopic observation of medical staff is by far the diseased tissue inside the body the most convenient, most direct and effective medical devices, with high definition images, vivid color, etc, and easy to operate. With the use of expanding the scope of the tube endoscopy, doctors of hard-tube endoscopy with increasing frequency. Pipe endoscopy is a more delicate medical equipment, is easy to damage. Below on how to use, maintenance, maintenance to do a hard tube endoscope introduced to help staff make better use of the equipment, extend the life of the tube endoscope.

First, the structure of the tube endoscopy To correctly use the tube

endoscopy should understand its structure. Hard pipe the world in various plant products although endoscopic optical path difference, look different, but its basic structure is the same: the mirror control by the working parts, structural parts, eyewear parts, optical interfaces components. Main part of the structure, eye parts, cable joints in addition to being severe bump general be easily damaged. The most easily damaged part of the work is part of the mirror tube. Hard-tube endoscopy with 4mm example: mirror pipe work mainly of four parts: outer mirror tube, endoscopic tube, optical lens, optical fiber.

Endoscopic tubes placed in the optical lens optical system, optical fiber on the inside and outside the lens tube for lighting between. External mirror tube is 0.1mm thick 4mm stainless steel, will be deformation by bump or squeeze. Most of the optical lens is around 25mm long 2.8mm glass column, by a slight bump and squeeze will be cracking, chipping or axis offset most common endoscopic vision blurred, mostly black edges of such reasons. Optical fiber is very fine optical glass, a looking glass to be installed 1500 4mm over outer mirror tube caused by external forces back to broken wires, effects of illumination. Hard pipe connection endoscopic agencies are mostly connected with epoxy resin adhesive, rubber and packaging technologies also affect the quality of life of endoscope. Although the tube endoscopy delicate but so long as to correct use and maintenance, not damage.

Second, the maintenance of the tube endoscopy

1. Precautions in use The tube during the endoscopic surgery of the phenomenon is not much damage, although the organization with the human body such as muscles, tissues, bones and other contact and bump, but these are minor bump will not cause the endoscope damage, because it only played the role of observation, not the other instruments of the point. However, when using other instruments, especially the larger bite force clamp, scissors type instrument should be noted that the front mirror control devices do not bite into his area, so as not to accidentally injure mirror tube. The use of such devices, sometimes bite area doctors to look at the organization, the endoscope extending very close to the organization and equipment did not bite back when the endoscope, the endoscope accidental injury. Surgery, such as attention to mouth occlusion devices all within the scope of observation in the endoscope to avoid such accidents.

Some surgical endoscope for use in the sheath, the endoscope or insertion point to replace other equipment, should pay attention to action to light, not excessive force. Especially during the mating endoscope, when the resistance encountered when pulling a close look fixed, if necessary, together with the sheath at an angle, do not use brute force.

When the endoscope with laser vaporization, transurethral high-frequency, microwave and other optical technologies surgery, the endoscope should be noted that the distance between the front and treatment sites to ensure the looking glass front is not electric shock or burn. First use of these instruments, the surgeon should be repeated practice doctors, master endoscope image and the actual object distance from the object relations point of recognition and treatment of the front endoscope recent distance in order to ease application of the actual surgery.

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Q&A: Changes to Joint Commission maintenance standards and AEMs

The following is an edited Q&A from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s (AAMI) webinar, “Clarifying the Changes to Joint Commission and CMS Standards.” The webinar talked about the changes to The Joint Commission’s maintenance standards, which no longer differentiate between inspecting high-risk and non-high-risk devices for an alternative equipment management (AEM) program. The speakers for the event were George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, Joint Commission director of engineering, and Stephen Grimes, FACCE, FAIMBE, FHIMSS, managing partner and principal consultant for Strategic Healthcare Technology Associations, LLC.

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High- and low-risk devices are all the same to surveyors; New maintenance standards could prove costly for hospitals:

Many were shocked by The Joint Commission’s newest standards and elements of performance (EP) on medical device maintenance. The accreditor will no longer distinguish between “high-risk” and “non-high-risk” equipment when surveying maintenance and inspection compliance. Instead, facilities are expected to achieve 100% inspection compliance for both types of devices.

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