This past week Congress acted to avert the 21.2% Medicare physician payment cut and on December 19, the President signed into law the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3326) which will stop the cuts until March 1, 2010. Other changes reflected in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule will still take effect [...]
Allegheny County Health Department Alert Shigella Infections Over the past couple of months, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has identified slightly more than 20 county residents with Shigella infection. We usually see about one to two cases over this same time period. When coupled with reports of larger outbreaks in Philadelphia, PA, Berks County, [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT The Allegheny County Medical Society is proud to announce a new member benefit. ACMS has partnered with Liken Health Care Staffing and Liken Home Care to provide staffing and private duty services to ACMS members. For over 38 years, Liken has provided quality service in Western Pennsylvania and has established a reputation as a [...]
Wednesday afternoon, the House passed a 2-month extension of expiring appropriations for the Department of Defense that included a 2-month extension of the sustainable growth rate (SGR). In other words, the legislation would stop the 21.2% Medicare pay cut scheduled to take effect on January 1 for a period that will end March 1, 2010. [...]
From Michael Cassidy’s MedLaw Blog CMS Revises Claims Processing Manual to Eliminate Consultation Codes Effective January 1, 2010, CPT Consultation Codes ranges 99241-99245 and 99251-99255 will no longer be recognized for Medicare Part B Payment. For services furnished after January 1, 2010, physicians and non-physician practitioners should code patient evaluation and management visits with E/M codes [...]
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