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Payers Ending Telehealth Expansion Coverage

Unless ordered otherwise, most commercial payers will return to business as usual Jan. 1, or sooner. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) continues, but will expanded telehealth coverage and cost sharing waivers? Some health insurers will stop paying for expanded telehealth services as soon as Oct. 1. Patient cost-sharing may resume soon, as well. In […]

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0479T/0480T What to use for commercial payers?

Our providers are using CO2 laser for burn scar contractures. Many of the commercial payers will not accept the temporary codes 0479T/0480T. Our coders have been using alternate CPT code 17110. However, the surgeons argue that 17106-17108 are more appropriate. CPT Assist from 2017 states to use unlisted. HELP! What is the correct way to report this service?

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MIPS payment posting by secondary payers

When our Medicare claims cross over to Medicaid, Medicaid is not reading the MIPS adjustment code correctly. They are applying the adjustment against the CO-45, creating a patient balance of what Medicare’s MIPS amount was.

Medicare when primary is processing MIPS correctly and the payments are posting correctly.

Is anyone else seeing this with their Medicare crossover to Medicaid claims?

Thannks for any input! :)

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Midlevel Billing Commercial Payers in Hospital Setting

How does your practice bill for midlevels in the hospital setting for commercial payers that want claims billed under the supervising physician? Since incident-to does not apply to hospital setting, is it appropriate to bill under the supervising physician if split/shared visit is NOT performed and the doctor is not physically present at the hospital? The PAs/NPs are employed by us, not the hospital.

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ASA base units for 00811 and 00812 for commercial payers

Can the ASA base units for 00811 and 00812 be raised to 5 units for commercial payers?

Per Anesthesia Guidelines on pg. xi in the RTV guide states

Any procedure around the head, neck, or shoulder girdle, requiring field avoidance, or any procedure requiring a position other than supine or lithotomy, has a minimum Base Value of 5 regardless of any lesser base value assigned to such procedure in the body of the Relative Value Guide.

Thanks!

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ACO Failure Prompts Utah to Sue Payers

Here’s a question to consider when coding and billing for services performed as part of an accountable care organization (ACO):  who pays providers’ standing claims if the ACO dies? If the State of Utah has its way, seven payers will have to pony up $ 26.6 million in unpaid claims for the Arches Health Plan, which folded […]
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