Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Physician's Notes:
Dueling Proposals Compete to Reform Medicare, Physicians Caught in the Crossfire
Published on Thu Jul 03, 2003 
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Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
- National Correct Coding Initiative:
Version 9.2 Promises Big Changes for Cardiology Coding
Heads up, cardiologists: If you're repositioning a pacemaker or electrode, you won't be able to [...] - Diagnosis Codes:
Providing ICD-9s for Lab Claims Just Became Your Job, CMS Says 'No' to Suspected Diagnoses
When you order labs, you don't always know what diagnosis the patient will end up [...] - Chill out with ICD-9s
The biggest change stemming from this new memo seems to be that CMS is leaning [...] - Studies & Surveys:
Billing, Malpractice Concerns Scare Soon-to-Be-Docs, A Quarter of Med School Students Wouldn't Do It Again - Studies & Surveys:
Physicians Capacity at the Breaking Point, Study Says, Medicare Patients Wait Longer for Fewer Services
Patients are waiting longer for appointments, and doctors don't have enough time with each patient.
That's [...] - NCCI:
Mutually Exclusive Edits Threaten Reimbursement
The July release of the National Correct Coding Initiative includes only 111 mutually exclusive edits [...] - Hematology:
New Edits Clarify: Don't Bill Consultation on Slides
Billing for hematology just became a puzzle again, thanks to a raft of new National [...] - Coverage:
Medicare Expands PET Scan Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to make it possible to bill for [...] - Physician's Notes:
Dueling Proposals Compete to Reform Medicare, Physicians Caught in the Crossfire
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