Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Know the Potential Hardship Exemptions
PDF
If your practice is set to face an e-prescribing penalty but fits into one of the following six categories, you should log onto the internet as soon as possible to apply for one of CMS's e-prescribing payment adjustment hardship exemptions before the Nov. 1 deadline: 1. Rural Area With Lack of Access to the Internet 2. Limited Access to Pharmacies That Accepted Electronic Prescribing 3. Registration in the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs With Intended Adoption of Certified EHR Technology 4. Prescribing Medications That Legally Cannot Be Electronically Transmitted 5. Limited Prescribing Activity 6. Insufficient Opportunities to Report the E-prescribing Measure Due to Limitations in the Measure's Denominator Visit https://www.qualitynet.org/portal/server.pt/community/communications_support_system/234 to access the exemption application.
Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
- CPT® 2012:
New Codes Abound for Skin Substitutes, Rhizotomy, Orthopedics
Plus: Check out time guidelines for initial observation codes. Have you ever wished that CPT® [...] - Part B Payment:
CMS to Alert Some Practices Facing E-Prescribing Penalty Ahead of Time
Plus: Just over a week left to get your exemption applications in to CMS. Worrying [...] - Know the Potential Hardship Exemptions
If your practice is set to face an e-prescribing penalty but fits into one of [...] - Physician Note:
Report: Some Medicare Fraudsters Are Swiftly Reinstated to the Program
Plus: Don't forget to prep new ABN before Jan. 1. Although you may have heard [...] - In other news
Beginning Jan. 1, you must use the new 2011 version of the Advance Beneficiary Notice, [...] - Reader Question:
Know Your Tinnitus Diagnoses
Question: Our physician documented "ringing in head" for a new patient. Which diagnosis code applies? [...] - Reader Question:
Know CMS Vs. CPT® Differences When Counting Time
Question: If the physician documents: "Time spent in the evaluation of the patient with mostly [...] - Reader Question:
Document Modifier 22 Justification
Question: Our surgeon excised a very large lipoma located primarily in the upper back, but [...] - Reader Question:
State Laws Are Paramount When Dealing With Collections
Question: I work in a physician's office handling the collection of past due copays, deductibles, [...] - Reader Question:
67912 Includes Supply Charge
Question: How would I code for insertion of gold eyelid weights to correct lagophthalmos? Is [...]