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Posting Date: 02/17/2022
What is the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage and When to Use It in Outpatient Therapy
What is the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage and When to Use It in Outpatient Therapy The ABN is a notice given to the Medicare patient before services are rendered when you believe Medicare may deny services. These may be for medical [...]
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Posting Date: 02/17/2022
Maintenance Programs
Outpatient OT and PT Services Billing Guide Maintenance Programs Skilled therapy services that do not meet the criteria for rehabilitative therapy may be covered in certain circumstances as maintenance therapy under a maintenance program. [...]
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Posting Date: 02/17/2022
Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction
Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction Medicare applied MPPR to the PE payment of select therapy services paid under the physician fee schedule or paid at the physician fee schedule rate. Currently, the reduction is 50 percent for therapy [...]
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Posting Date: 02/17/2022
The National Correct Coding Initiative
Outpatient OT and PT Services Billing Guide The National Correct Coding Initiative The purpose of the NCCI Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edits is to prevent improper payment when incorrect code combinations are reported. The NCCI contains one [...]
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