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June is Men’s Health Month: Billing Preventive Services in the PCP Setting

CMS recently published an article on raising awareness of men’s health issues and preventive services – in light of June being Men’s Health Month. With the revamped Medicare policy on preventive services – for which the Affordable Care Act contains provisions that have allowed Medicare to cover many new preventive services at no charge to

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Reminder to Physicians & Billing Companies: Verify Patient’s Coordination of Benefits!

April 19, 2012 The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare (CMS) recently released an MLN Matters Article that highlights the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) rules. These rules delineate the circumstances in which Medicare will only make payment after another insurance carrier issues the primary payment. All too frequently, physicians and their billing companies will receive denials from Medicare

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