The below articles are all published in BC advantage
Magazine and written and contributed by Julie
Orton Van, CPC, CPC-P, CEMC, CGSC, COBGC
Julie Orton Van, CPC, CPC-P, CEMC, CGSC, COBGC Product manager
at Ingenix
The Preventive Service Modifier: Modifier 33
Modifier 33 was added by the American Medical Association (AMA), and announced at the annual CPT Symposium with an effective date of January 1, 2011. Additional information has been made available during the year.
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Developing a Relative Value-Based Fee Schedule
The resource-based relative value scale was implemented by CMS--or HCFA, as it was known at the time--for the Medicare physician fee schedule in 1992. In 2002, it transitioned wholly to a resourced-based methodology. Relative value units are updated ...
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Setting your Fee Schedule: Tools and Tactics
How much do you charge for removing earwax? How about performing well-child checks? You might know what health plans or Medicare will pay, but what are your fees? Practice management experts agree that your fee schedule should be set carefully and up...
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Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Update
Each year, CMS implements the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) through a rulemaking process published in the Federal Register. In general, CMS has responded positively to provider feedback and continues to provide educational opportunit...
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