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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

CMS Pay:

Optometrists Logged Nation's Highest DME Improper Payment Rate

Published on Wed Jan 23, 2019

Plus: Ophthalmologists suffered from upcoding errors. No one has ever said that coding for eye care is easy – and that seems to have been proven by CMS’ most recent report, which documents millions in errors by optometrists and ophthalmologists. Background: CMS issued its “2018 Medicare Fee-for-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data” on November 30 as part of its Comprehensive Error [...]
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