By – Nicoleta Rahovan, Lead Coder, CPC, CANPC Every year the American Society of Anesthesiologists changes/revises some of the crosswalk codes – some changes make sense, some don’t, and some are mistakes that end up being corrected sooner or later. This year is...
BY: Beth Turnbaugh, Director of Billing Operations Increase in 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) On December 27, the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 modified the Calendar Year 2021 MPFS. Along with suspending the 2% sequestration through March 31 it has...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, signed into law on December 27, extends the suspension period to March 31, 2021. This extension is effective for claims with DOS 1/1/2021 – 3/31/2021. Read more at Noridian Medicare.
2021 E&M Code Changes Nicoleta Rahovan, Lead Coder, CPC, CANPC Dear Doctor, We would like to inform you that there are big changes coming for E&M in 2021. These changes relate only to new and established office and outpatient visit codes 99202-99215...
By Beth Turnbaugh, Director of Billing Operations. We have received the final fee schedule released by the federal register on December 4. As anticipated, there is a decrease in the conversion rate effective January 1, 2021 dates of service of approximately 10%. This...
CMS proposed 2021 Fee Schedule 2020 has certainly proven to be challenging for anyone in the medical industry, along with their affiliates. With the newly proposed CMS 2021 fee schedule, next year may present additional monetary challenges. While the newly proposed...
