Tag: Medicare Part B payment

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Highly Anticipated 2023 Medicare Final Rules Published

The final rules become effective Jan. 1, 2023. Amid this election season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published final rules for the 2023 Part B Physician Fee Schedule and Medicare Shared Savings Program, the Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System, the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective […]
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Flu Vaccination Coding and Billing for 2022-2023

Has your billing department prepared for the upcoming 2022-2023 influenza season? As we approach the 2022-2023 influenza season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend flu vaccination for everyone aged 6 months and older, with the ideal timing being by the end of October. This guidance remains consistent with previous years. […]
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Medicare Part B spent $1.5B on COVID-19 tests in 2020

Medicare Part B spending on laboratory tests ticked up to $8 billion in 2020, driven largely by new COVID-19 diagnostics reimbursements, even while spending on other types of tests declined, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General. In total, there was $1.5 […]
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