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A message from the CMS for Health Professionals: SGR 2013

On December 19, 2012, CMS distributed the following message to healthcare providers accepting Medicare: Attention Health Professionals: Information Regarding the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule The negative update of 27% under current law for the 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2013. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule claims for

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Billing Update for Anesthesia Providers: Not-Otherwise-Classified (NOC) Codes

January 31, 2012 On January 30, 2012 Medicare amended its Not-Otherwise-Classified (NOC) code set to remove unspecified anesthesia codes (CPT’s 00100 through 01996) from the list of codes that require a specific description to be supplied in order to pass 5010 edits. While this change may seem minor, it is indeed good news for medical

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