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When will CMS issue the Medicare proposed rule for physicians?

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If an eligible provider fails to meet meaningful use (MU) during a participation year in the Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program, can he or she continue to participate and earn incentives?

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Do you know when CMS will issue the 2018 proposed outpatient rule?

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Who pays the difference between what the provider charges and Medicare pays?

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What are Medicare rules on documentation of physician-patient telephone calls?

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My question is a follow-up to last week’s question and answer about Medicare’s definition of a new patient. Would a patient still be considered “new” if only a diagnostic test was performed?

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What is Medicare’s definition of “new patient” for billing evaluation and management (E&M) services?

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Is there an appeal process for units of service (UOS) denied based on medically unlikely edits (MUEs)?

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What is the effective date for the policy you reported in last week’s QA—the one related to reporting and charging requirements when a device is furnished without cost to the hospital etc.?

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I have a comment to the answer posted to an April 10 question. You stated that, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), there is no cost to the hospital for a device being inserted and that modifier –FB must be appended to the procedure code (not the device code) under certain circumstances.

I had thought -FB was no longer a CMS requirement; rather the facility should utilize the correct condition code as well as the amount of credit in the “FD” value code?