Proper Billing for Finger and Toe Procedures

Proper Billing for Finger and Toe Procedures When billing for procedures that are performed on the fingers and/or toes, it’s essential to append the appropriate anatomical modifier for the service rendered. This allows the patient history to [...]

Proper Submission of Fee-For-Time Compensation Arrangements and Reciprocal Billing Arrangements

Proper Submission of Fee-For-Time Compensation Arrangements and Reciprocal Billing Arrangements Table of Contents Proper Submission of Fee-For-Time Compensation Arrangements and Reciprocal Billing Arrangements Fee-For-Time Compensation [...]

Proper Use of Taxonomy Codes

Proper Use of Taxonomy Codes A taxonomy code is a unique ten-character code that designates your classification and specialization and enables providers to identify their specialty at the claim level. CMS developed a crosswalk of [...]

Common Reciprocal Billing Questions and Answers

Common Reciprocal Billing Questions and Answers If a practice, the same specialty as ours, wants us to take calls for them for two weeks, can we bill under their number as a reciprocal billing arrangement? Answer: No. In a reciprocal [...]

Reminder for Avoiding Claim Denials for Positron Emission Tomography Scans

Reminder for Avoiding Claim Denials for Positron Emission Tomography Scans Background It has been noted that a high volume of PET scan claims falling between the CPT code range 78811–78816 are being denied upon original claim submission due [...]

Unlisted and Not Otherwise Classified Procedure Codes

Unlisted and Not Otherwise Classified Procedure Codes Table of Contents Unlisted and Not Otherwise Classified Procedure Codes Proper Billing for NOC Procedures Electronic Claims Paper Claims The following tips will help you bill [...]

Fiscal Year/Calendar Year Claim Split

Fiscal Year/Calendar Year Claim Split Part A/B Type of Bill Fiscal Year Split Calendar Year Splint Part A – 11X, 21X prospective payment system (PPS*) No No Part A – 11X, 18X, 21X, non-PPS Yes [...]

The Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit and Home Health Agencies

The Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit and Home Health Agencies If you are a HHA that wants to provide and bill Medicare HIT professional services starting in CY 2021, you are required to enroll with the Part B Medicare Administrative [...]

Medicare Coverage for Living Organ Transplant Donors

Medicare Coverage for Living Organ Transplant Donors Table of Contents Coverage Hospital Guidelines Physician Guidelines Billing Guidelines Transplant Centers Physicians and Surgeons Related Content [Return to Top] Coverage [...]

Kidney Transplant Services

Kidney Transplant Services Table of Contents Kidney Transplant Services Physician Services Pretransplant Services Immunosuppressive Drugs Cadaver Donor Updated CMS-1500 Claim Form Guidelines [Return to Top] Kidney Transplant [...]

September 2024

In This Issue National Government Services Articles for Part A and Part B Providers Introducing the All-New Medicare University! Removal of Facet HCPCS Codes  National Government Services Articles for Part A Providers [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 29, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: August 29, 2024 News CMS Roundup (August 23, 2024) Physicians, Teaching Hospitals, & Non-Physician Practitioners: Review Your Open Payment Data by December 31 Claims, Pricers, & Codes Home Health [...]

Eligible Part B Physicians and Nonphysicians to Enroll as Ordering and Referring Only

Eligible Part B Physicians and Nonphysicians to Enroll as Ordering and Referring Only Physician and nonphysician practitioners who can enroll in Medicare solely to order or refer: Doctors of medicine or osteopathy Doctors of dental surgery [...]

Eligible Method II Providers

Eligible Method II Providers If a CAH wants to become a Method II biller, email the request to A&R at ngsreimbursement@anthem.com. Suppliers who can enroll in as a Method II Biller Reassignment. Doctor of Medicine (MD) Doctor of [...]

CMS-20134 Completion Tips for Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Suppliers

CMS-20134 Completion Tips for Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Suppliers Review the standards on page 2 and follow the instructions printed on the CMS-20134 application Section General Guidelines Section 1: Basic [...]

Physicians and Nonphysician Practitioners in Private Practice (Sole Owner or Sole Proprietor) With or Without any Reassigned Benefits

Physicians and Nonphysician Practitioners in Private Practice (Sole Owner or Sole Proprietor) With or Without any Reassigned Benefits Revalidation instructions for sole proprietor using SSN or EIN: Download CMS-855I. Complete Sections 1, [...]

Approved Pending Regional Office Review

Approved Pending Regional Office Review For ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and portable x-ray suppliers (PXRS): When credentialing, you will receive an approved pending regional office review status in PECOS.   National Government [...]

Medicare Coverage for Zika Virus Testing

Medicare Coverage for Zika Virus Testing In February, 2016 the Zika virus was declared a PHE by the WHO. In the United States, the CDC considers the Zika virus disease to be a nationally notifiable condition. The Zika virus is primarily [...]

Molecular Pathology: Claims Review and Supporting Information to Submit on the Claim

Molecular Pathology: Claims Review and Supporting Information to Submit on the Claim Table of Contents Molecular Pathology: Claims Review and Supporting Information to Submit on the Claim Prepayment and/or Post Payment Review Tier 2 Codes [...]

Surgical Pathology Billing Tips

Surgical Pathology Billing Tips CPT Codes: 88300-88399 Surgical pathology is the study of tissues removed from living patients during surgery to help diagnose a disease and determine a treatment plan. Surgical pathology involves gross and [...]

Pathology Interpretation Services

Pathology Interpretation Services National Government Services has noted that there is some confusion and questions regarding the billing of professional components on some laboratory services. There is a certain subset of CPT codes for which [...]

Clarification on the Proper Reporting of Radiation Treatment CPT Code 77427

Clarification on the Proper Reporting of Radiation Treatment CPT Code 77427 National Government Services would like to advise providers that bill CPT code 77427, Radiation treatment management, five treatments, of the proper way to report this [...]

Background/Overview

Background/Overview Effective for dates of service on and after 1/1/2020, CMS pays OTPs, through weekly bundled payments, to deliver OUD treatment services to Medicare beneficiaries. OTP is a Medicare Part B benefit that provides coverage for [...]

How to Become a Medicare-Enrolled OTP Supplier

How to Become a Medicare-Enrolled OTP Supplier Table of Contents How to Become a Medicare-Enrolled OTP Supplier National Government Services Provider Enrollment Call Center NGS Provider Enrollment Mailing Address [Return to Top] How [...]

Coding and Billing for OTP Services

Coding and Billing for OTP Services Table of Contents Coding and Billing for OTP Services Coding for OTP Weekly Bundles New for 2024 HCPCS Code G0137 Separate Add-on Codes Frequency of Use and Billing Billing Cycles [Return [...]

Payment Rates

Payment Rates Medicare-enrolled OTPs are paid flat dollar payment rates for the codes describing the OTP bundled services (HCPCS codes G2067 through G2080, and G2215 to G2216). Payment rates are based on the OTP provider’s geographic location. [...]

Claim Submission Instructions

Claim Submission Instructions Use the instructions on the Billing/Payment section of the CMS Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) web pages. Reviewed 9/3/2024

Billing and Payment for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries

Billing and Payment for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries A person who is eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid at the same time is “dually eligible”. Medicare is the primary payer for OTP services delivered to dually eligible beneficiaries. [...]

Psychotherapy Services

Psychotherapy Services Table of Contents Regulations and Targeted Probe and Educate Resources Medicare Regulations CMS TPE Resources NGS Resources Psychotherapy Treatment Plans Required Treatment Plan Components [...]

Psychotherapy Services

Billing Cardiac Rehabilitation Session and Session Limitations

Billing Cardiac Rehabilitation Session and Session Limitations CR sessions are limited to a maximum of two one-hour sessions per day for up to 36 sessions up to 36 weeks with the option of an additional 36 sessions over an extended [...]

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Medicare Part B pays for CR and ICR programs and related items/services. Specific criteria must be met by the Medicare beneficiary, the cardiac rehabilitation program itself, the [...]

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Effective 1/1/2010, Medicare Part B pays for PR if specific criteria are met by the Medicare beneficiary, the PR program itself, the setting in which it is administered and the physician administering the program, as [...]

Related Content

Related Content Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet-Only Manual (IOM) Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 32, Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Programs, Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation (ICR), [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 5, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 5, 2024 News Osteogenesis Stimulators: Prior Authorization Requirements Suspended Hospice Benefit: Expanding Prepayment Review in 4 States Skilled Nursing Facility Advance Beneficiary Notice: Revised [...]

LCD and Article Updates for August/September 2024

LCD and Article Updates for August/September 2024 Local Coverage Determinations Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management L35936 Effective 8/1/2024 - Updated "Coverage Indications, Limitations and/or Medical Necessity" with the [...]

Telligen QIN-QIO Hosting Chronic Kidney Disease Topics with National Kidney Foundation

Telligen QIN-QIO Hosting Chronic Kidney Disease Topics with National Kidney Foundation Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults—an estimated 37 million Americans. For Americans with diabetes or high blood pressure—the [...]