By: Amy Keil, Client Manager Letters from Cigna dated on or around April 1st, 2022, are not an April Fools’ Prank. It appears that Cigna is attempting a new additional tactic to manage their payment of the Professional Component of Clinical Pathology (PCCP). In this...
Update: According to Cigna, its new PC clinical pathology policy will only result in denials “when the facility where the services were provided is contractually responsible for laboratory management and oversight services.” After holding off on the move...
After previously stating its intent to stop paying the professional component of clinical pathology (PC/CP), Cigna has reversed course and will continue paying for these services after receiving significant pushback from the College of American Pathologists and others...
Cigna, one of the last remaining payers that reimburses the professional component of clinical pathology, will look to officially end that practice this summer, according to an update posted April 12. In the update to its Modifier 26 Professional Component Policy,...
In a recent letter to providers, Cigna announced it will no longer reimburse prostate needle biopsies billed with CPT 88305 beginning Aug. 18. Instead, claims on or after that date must be submitted with HCPCS code G0416, one unit, to be eligible for payment. This...
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