Hot Coding Topics / Oig

Place-of-Service Codes Caused $13 Million in Overpayments

Double check POS 11 shouldn’t be 22 — or 24. Entering your place-of-service (POS) number on your claim form may seem routine, but a recent OIG audit found that practices are not giving POS numbers the care they deserve. Based on a r...

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August 31, 2010
CMS / Provider News

CPT 99406, 99407 Coverage Extended to All Smokers

CMS announcement is triumph for physicians who haven’t collected in the past. If you’ve been writing off tobacco cessation counseling as non-payable, it’s time to change your tune. In the past, CMS only covered 99406-99407 (Smoking and tobacco us...

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August 31, 2010