Laura Evans

Oct 16, 2024 | pbn.decisionhealth.com | Julia Kyles |Laura Evans |Richard Scott |Roy Edroso

Take in the details of the 16 new telemedicine codes for real-time encounters in the CPT 2025 manual while you wait to see whether private payers adopt the services or CMS sways from proposed non-coverage of the codes. You must log in to view the content you requested. Not a subscriber?

Oct 16, 2024 | pbn.decisionhealth.com | Laura Evans |Julia Kyles |Richard Scott |Roy Edroso

Get ready to dig into more than 400 code changes as part of the 2025 CPT code set. That includes 270 new codes, including dozens of surgical codes, as well as 112 deletions and 38 revisions. You must log in to view the content you requested. Not a subscriber?

Oct 16, 2024 | pbn.decisionhealth.com | Roy Edroso |Laura Evans |Julia Kyles |Richard Scott

A big drop in the star ratings for Medicare Advantage plans is just the latest in a series of recent challenges to the public-private coverage program. MA enrollments are increasingly up and set to outstrip traditional Medicare, but challenges like this one are increasingly noisy. While this doesn’t mean the program will reverse course, some payers already are making big changes to cope. You must log in to view the content you requested. Not a subscriber?

Jul 25, 2024 | pbn.decisionhealth.com | Laura Evans |Roy Edroso |Julia Kyles

A CMS proposal to expand the use of transfer of care modifiers during the global surgical period has coders scratching their heads and physicians warning that it will lead to “significant problems.” You must log in to view the content you requested. Not a subscriber?

Jul 24, 2024 | pbn.decisionhealth.com | Roy Edroso |Laura Evans |Julia Kyles

Therapy assistants win more rights to practice under general rather than direct supervision in certain circumstances, and therapists gain a dose of bureaucratic and cost-of-care relief, according to the proposed 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule. You must log in to view the content you requested. Not a subscriber?