Industry Note:
Prior Authorization Goes Nationwide This Summer
Published on Fri Dec 30, 2016
Your patients who need two types of power wheelchairs, K0856 and K0861, may have a longer wait for them beginning this spring. “Beginning March 20, 2017, prior authorization will be a condition of payment in New York, Illinois, Missouri, and West Virginia” for the items, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notes in an email message. “The requirement will [...]