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Medicare Could Make Modifier 25 Pay Difficult With These Eye Procedures

Published on Wed Aug 24, 2016

  Fee Schedule proposal aims to revalue certain services when billed with modifier 25. If you’re accustomed to collecting for both an E/M and conjunctival injections when performed on the same date, you may want to prepare for an adjustment—which will be necessary if CMS finalizes the 2017 Medicare Fee Schedule Proposal. On July 7, CMS published the proposed fee [...]
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