Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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Question: Our practice has decided to stay open this Labor Day, and we’ve let our patients know about these extra hours ahead of time. Do we report CPT® code 99050 along with an E/M code for the holiday hours? Codify Subscriber Answer: No. One of the biggest sources of confusion on this issue occurs when practices try to decide to apply 99050 (Services [...]
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