Becker's ASC

Surgery Center Coding Guidance: Use of Modifiers -PT and -33

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HealthLeaders Media

Co-surgery modifiers widely misused: OIG

Medicare improperly paid physicians for co-surgery and assistant-at-surgery services that were billed without the appropriate payment modifiers. On Nov. 25, the OIG published a review of whether Part ...
Becker's ASC

Medicare Carriers Properly Processing Surgery Center Claims With PT Modifier

Following reports that some CMS carriers were not recognizing the -PT modifier for ASC claims, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is reporting the carriers are now beginning to process these ...
HealthLeaders Media

Rev Cycle Documentation Errors Add Up to Almost $5M, OIG Says

The OIG found that incorrect modifier usage led to $4.9 million in overpayments. Now is the time to shore up your revenue cycle as some providers may need to pay for incorrect modifier usage.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Avoiding Risk Using New X Modifiers for Medicare Reimbursement

On January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) introduced 4 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System modifiers, known collectively as the - X(EPSU) modifiers, as a subset of ...