Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Last Chance To Weigh In On Your Carrier's Performance
Published on Fri May 12, 2006 
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If you received the Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) and didn't respond, it's not too late to add your two cent's.
The deadline to respond to the survey was Jan. 25, but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be contacting providers that didn't respond in the next few weeks. CMS wants to know how your carrier scores on communications, responding to your inquiries, claims processing, appeals, enrollment, medical review, and audits.
CMS sent the surveys to a representative sample of providers.
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Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
- EVALUATION & MANAGEMENT:
Don't Hold Your Breath For New National E/M Guidelines
But keep an eye open for more carrier-level meddling
The American Medical Association shows no sign [...] - APPEALS:
Claim Denied? Don't Give Up Too Easily
One neurosurgery provider succeeds in convincing payor to cough up
Just because Medicare doesn't cover something, [...] - Last Chance To Weigh In On Your Carrier's Performance
If you received the Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) and didn't respond, it's not [...] - INJECTIONS:
Will CPT 2007 Include A Code For Non-Supervised Injections?
Use 59 modifier for multiple injections per day
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Your physician's cardiac, orthopedic or surgical specialty hospital may be chipping away at your community [...] - NEUROLOGY:
Don't Miss Out On Extra Units With NCS Codes
8 tips to gain your proper reimbursement for 95900-95904
Don't let nerve conduction study (NCS) coding [...] - Bush Budget Calls For P4P--But No More Money
If you were hoping for a nice juicy carrot to encourage you to go along [...] - OPTHOPEDICS:
Alert--Now's The Time To Fight For ESWT Coverage
Two carriers already say they won't cover new code 28890
Coders rejoiced [...] - OTOLARYNGOLOGY:
Reader Question--Clean Up Your Earwax Coding With These Cues
Question: A patient came into our office and noted earwax removal as her chief compliant. [...] - RADIOLOGY:
2 Choices To Chart Your Bovine Arch Coding Course
Uncover the difference between using 2nd- and 3rd-order catheter codes
There isn't one set-in-stone way to [...] - DERMATOLOGY:
Keep Your Eyes Open For Medically Necessary Eyelid Procedures
Carriers will cover blepharplasty for functional or reconstructive surgeries
Medicare is prone [...] - ANESTHESIA:
Learn Why Your Anesthesiologist's Location Matters
3 Important factors help you understand what signifies "physically and immediately available"
An anesthesiologist routinely steps [...] - ORTHOPEDIC:
Say Hello To Specific Prosthesis Complication Codes
996.4 now includes a fifth digit
If you've been using 996.4 (Mechanical complication of internal orthopedic [...] - PODIATRY:
Reader Question--Start Your Diabetic Shoe Program On The Right Foot
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6 Shots At Infusion Coding Success in 2006
G codes for chemo are gone--and new CPT chemo administration codes aren't just for chemo [...] - PHYSICIAN NOTES:
ACP Wants To Turn Your Practice Into A Super-Practice
Congress should provide more money to reward physicians for quality
Primary care physicians are falling apart [...]
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