On January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) introduced 4 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System modifiers, known collectively as the - X(EPSU) modifiers, as a subset of ...

CMS recently released results of Medicare’s value-based payment modifier for 2015.[1] This is the first year in which physicians are subject to adjustments under the payment system and, in this first ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acknowledges that there are code combinations that may warrant an exception in reporting based on clinical documentation. Coders tend to err on the side ...

AudioEducator, a division of ProEdTech, will host a two-session Virtual Boot Camp on “CMS Modifiers: Coding, Billing, and Compliance Regulations.” When providers use modifiers incorrectly, it leads to ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have reviewed the use of Modifier 25 to unbundle payments for evaluation and management (E/M) services when ...

Law360, New York (November 9, 2012, 4:51 PM EST) -- The Alliance of Specialty Medicine hit out Friday at an Affordable Care Act-mandated provision in next year's Medicare fee schedule that would ...

Here are the anesthesia claims modifiers and guidance for when to report them, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s Medicare Claims Processing Manual.

In 2015 Medicare launched the Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier program, the largest US ambulatory care pay-for-performance program to date and a precursor to the forthcoming Merit-based ...