Coding for Smoking Cessation - New Codes Jan 1, 2011
Smoking/Tobacco Cessation Per CMS
Leslie Johnson, CCS-P, CPC
Fluoroscopy to be Included with Transforaminal ESI in 2011
Fluoroscopy to be Included with Transforaminal ESI in 2011 - By Leslie Johnson, CCS-P, CPC
Horizon BCBS Agrees to Pay NJ ASCs $22 Million
This Just In from Outpatient Surgery:
Insurer Agrees to Pay N.J. ASCs $22M to Settle Class-Action Suit
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has agreed to pay about $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of ambulatory surgery centers over out-of-network reimbursements.
Read the full story at http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/news/2010/10/20.
CMS MedLearn Matters: Tobacco/Smoking Counseling Info Released
Learning Network MLN Matters Article #MM7133 - Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use The Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) has released MLN Matters Article #MM7133 to inform providers that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will cover counseling services to prevent tobacco use for outpatient and hospitalized beneficiaries.
Effective for claims with dates of service on and after August 25, 2010, CMS will cover tobacco cessation counseling for outpatient and hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries
Partial (ICD-9) Code Freeze Prior to ICD-10 Implementation Announced
At the ICD-9-CM Coordination & Maintenance Committee Meeting (September 15, 2010), it was announced that the committee had finalized the decision to implement a partial freeze for both ICD-9-CM codes and ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes prior to implementation of ICD-10 on October 1, 2013. There was considerable support for this partial freeze.
The partial freeze will be implemented as follows:
NY State Fines Aetna $850,000
| ISSUED 10/04/2010 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
AETNA FINED $850,000 FOR HEALTH INSURANCE VIOLATIONS
Health insurer Aetna paid a fine of $850,000 to settle charges including incomplete disclosures on “explanation of benefit” forms to consumers, and violations of New York’s prompt pay requirements, New York State Insurance Superintendent James Wrynn announced today.
High-level E/M codes targeted for review by Highmark Medicare
High-level E/M codes targeted for review as errors spike after consult (CPT code) elmination From DecisionHealth, Part B News:
American Medical News - Gov't
ASA News
ASA - News
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- ATTENTION: CDC Hosting Conference Call for Clinicians on Information and Guidance About Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Today at 2PM EST
Anesthesia News
- ASA Presents the Perioperative Surgical Home™ Model of Care to Special White House Roundtable on Health Care Delivery
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- ATTENTION: CDC Hosting Conference Call for Clinicians on Information and Guidance About Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Today at 2PM EST
OIG News
OIG Criminal & Civil Enforcement
- Two Miami-Area Residents Plead Guilty in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
- Boston Scientific Subsidiary Guidant Pays U.S. $9.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Settlement With Podiatrist To Pay $800,000 For Submitting False Medicare Claims
- Ten Miami-Area Residents Plead Guilty in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
- Owner of Miami-Area Mental Health Company Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Orchestrating $205 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme