CMS has announced it is now accepting Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Exception applications for clinicians and groups who have been impacted by extreme or uncontrollable circumstances in 2022 and would like to opt-out of the current reporting year....
One year after Congress delayed planned fee schedule cuts due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it appears pathologists and other specialists are now going to experience payment reductions designed to offset boosts for evaluation and management (E/M) services in 2022,...
As part of the COVID relief and appropriations package signed into effect Dec. 27, Congress took steps to mitigate significant fee schedule reductions for several specialties that were designed to offset payment boosts for evaluation and management (E/M) services....
After a lengthy delay, CMS released the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Tuesday. It finalizes several telehealth flexibilities introduced during the public health emergency while also significantly overhauling reimbursements for evaluation and...
With the nation now slowly recovering from the COVID-19 public emergency, the Vachette team hosted a second free webinar for the laboratory and pathology community to offer updates on the latest billing, payment and coding issues that have arisen in recent months....
Under the old CMS 14-Day Rule, reference and independent laboratories were barred from billing Medicare directly for molecular pathology tests ordered less than 14 days after an outpatient was discharged from the hospital. Besides the obvious administrative challenges...
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