CMS Makes Payment Processing Edit to Reduce Erroneous New Patient E&M Charges
Posted on Health Care Law News May 19, 2013 by author
In order to avoid erroneous billing practices for “New Patient” Evaluation and Management services, CMS issued Change Request 8165 which informs Medicare contractors about changes to Medicare’s Common Working File system that detects errors in billing. According to Medicare manuals, “New Patient” is defined as: a patient who has not received any professional services, i.e., Read more →