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Know When the Global Period Applies

Published on Tue Jul 07, 2020

Question: Can our practice bill for immunosuppressant visits during the global period following a lung transplant? California Subscriber Answer: A provider may separately bill for visits involving immunosuppressant therapy that occur during the 90-day global period of a lung transplant. However, you must make sure to have the correct modifier appended to these claims. You’ll find all MACs and most commercial payers [...]
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