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Posting Date: 11/12/2021
Electronic Health Records
Electronic Health Records Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include: Doctor of medicine or osteopathy Doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine Doctor of podiatry Doctor of optometry Chiropractor If [...]
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Electronic Prescribing
Electronic Prescribing In 2013, the eRx Incentive Program for participating and reporting in the Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program ended. The six-month 2014, eRx payment adjustment reporting period began on 1/1/2013 and [...]
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Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines
Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines Health care professionals may use the most current documentation guidelines for the date of service performed. Refer to these resources for guidance: CMS Evaluation and Management AMA [...]
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Posting Date: 11/12/2021
Federal Register
Federal Register The OFR provides access to the official text of: Federal laws Presidential documents Administrative regulations and notices The ACFR oversees the functions of the Federal Register publications system. For more [...]
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 The HIPAA was signed in to law to improve and simplify the administration of the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Medicaid program under title XIX [...]
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Limitation of Liability (Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage)
Limitation of Liability (Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage) Services denied as not reasonable and medically necessary, under section 1862(a) (1) of the Social Security Act, are subject to the Limitation of Liability (ABN) provision. [...]
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Medically Unlikely Edits
Medically Unlikely Edits In January 2007, CMS developed MUEs to reduce the paid claims error rate for Part B claims. An MUE for a HCPCS /CPT code is the maximum units of service that a provider would report under most circumstances for a [...]
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Medicare Coverage Database
Medicare Coverage Database The Medicare Coverage Database is an administrative and educational tool to assist providers, physicians and suppliers in submitting correct claims for payment. The Medicare Coverage Database features LCDs developed [...]
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Medicare Electronic Data Interchange
Medicare Electronic Data Interchange Information about how providers can communicate electronically with the Medicare Program can be found on the CMS website at Medicare Electronic Billing & EDI Transactions. This web page contains EDI [...]
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Medicare Fraud and Abuse
Medicare Fraud and Abuse As the CMS MAC for J6 and JK, National Government Services fully supports the CMS initiative for program safeguards and shares the following information for your use: Fraud is the intentional deception or [...]
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