Four familiar epidural injection codes have been removed from the 2017 CPT* code set to reflect a change implemented in the final rule of the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Codes 62310, 62311, 62318, and 62319 have been removed, and in their place, eight new codes to reflect whether the injection was done with or without imaging guidance. READ MORE
Since MIPS replaces three different quality programs CMS formerly offered, the way the program is scored can be complicated and confusing. Here’s an overview of how the program will be scored. READ MORE
Choosing your data submission option and which measures you will perform in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System may take some detailed analysis, especially as you consider which measures are available for which reporting option and make sense for your practice. For some specialties, like emergency medicine, CMS offers some help. READ MORE
Physicians practicing as hospitalists will soon be able to self-designate with Medicare using the new specialty code C6 when they enroll or update their enrollment. READ MORE
Participating in Medicare’s Ambulatory Surgical Centers Quality Reporting will be strangely familiar for ASCs in 2017, as the program’s requirements to avoid a reduction of 2.0 percentage points in their annual payment update remain virtually unchanged from the previous year. READ MORE
