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Expect Reduced Pay For Modifier 25 Claims, Insurer Says

Published on Thu Aug 03, 2017

One payer plans to cut modifier 25 claims in half, and others may follow. You probably use modifier 25 on many of your claims, but the odds of collecting full payment for this ubiquitous modifier are suddenly sinking. That’s the word from Pennsylvania’s Independence Blue Cross Blue Shield, which is making drastic reimbursement changes to the modifier. Inside story: Effective [...]
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