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Is 40 too late to start diabetes screening? In a statement released March 16, 2021, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new recommendation guidelines for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes screenings. Taking into account epidemiologic evidence, the USPSTF now recommends lowering the initial screening age from 40 to 35 years. (This is currently […]
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Is ambulatory blood pressuring monitoring reasonable and necessary for people with masked hypertension? It has been 18 years since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) (20.19). At the time, ABPM wasn’t even considered for patients diagnosed with hypertension. As such, Medicare […]
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Medicare generally does not allow coding for two, same-day E/M office visits by the same physician (or any other physician of the same specialty from the same group practice). But with the release of the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated it may revise this […]
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