Archives for March 2023

Coding for Hospital Services | Webinar

Recorded April 20, 2023

First, CPT® updated their E/M code set. Then, CMS interpreted the updates and applied their own reimbursement rules to the code set. This webinar will summarize CPT® rules and CMS’s February 2023 transmittal that addresses inpatient and observation billing by the admitting and consulting physicians, admission to inpatient status following observation care, and multiple visits in a single day. The webinar will discuss when coding instruction is the same for CPT® and CMS and when it varies.

Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse | HCPCS Code G0442

Information about these services, and other screening/preventive care is found on the CMS website CMS MLN Medicare Preventive Services Educational Tool. The reference is now MLN006559. The page was updated in 2025 to include: Added crisis support contact information Added information for safety planning for patients at risk for suicide Added information for follow-up contacts […]

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Archives for March 2023

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