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Handle Hepatitis C Screening Smoothly With New HCPCS Code

Published on Tue Apr 07, 2015

Repeated screening is no longer taboo for high-risk patients. You’ll find your pay success for Hep C screenings will improve if you’ve got the latest information on the eligible conditions for coverage, provider and POS requirements, and the appropriate diagnosis codes to support medical necessity for this service. Background: Prior to June 2, 2014, CMS did not provide any coverage [...]
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