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Appeals State MAC Appeals Address Qualified Independent Contractor Address and Phone Number Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Northern Mariana Island, Oregon, [...]

Medicare Rights & Protections

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Prolonged Services: Comparative Differences of Face-to-Face/Non Face-to-Face CPT Codes

Prolonged Services: Comparative Differences Face-to-Face vs. Non Face-to-Face CPT Codes Face-to-Face ( CPT Codes 99354-99355, 99356-99357) Non Face-to-Face (CPT Codes 99358-99359) Have been [...]

Prolonged Services: Face-to-Face

Prolonged Services: Face-to-Face Coding Guidelines Counseling and Coordination of Care Office versus Hospital Setting Excluded Time Examples NGS JK MAC has noted an increase in claims representing face-to-face prolonged [...]

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Tips to Ensure an Optimal NGSMedicare.com Experience Most of you are probably aware, but if not, on Friday, 5/14/2021, we launched our new combined homepage. These changes were a result of your feedback. You now only need to go to [...]

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Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Driven Payment Model Billing For Noncovered Days With An Occurrence Span Code 76

Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Driven Payment Model Billing For Noncovered Days With An Occurrence Span Code 76 The CR 11992 updated the CMS IOM Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 6, Sections 40.3.2 and 40.6 to [...]