New: 2012 January Edition of the Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter

The January 2012 edition of the Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter is now available on Find-A-Code.

This edition contains:

• Recovery Audit Finding: Ambulance Services Separately Payable During an Inpatient Hospital Stay
• Recovery Audit Finding: Billing for Arformoterol (Brovana) (J7605) and Formoteral fumarate (Perforomist) (Q4099)
• Recovery Audit Finding: Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System
• Recovery Audit Finding: Lower Limb Suction Valve Prosthesis
• Recovery Audit Finding: Minor Surgery and Other Treatment Billed as Inpatient Stay
• Recovery Audit Finding: Respiratory System Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) 076, Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) 166,167, 177, 178, and 179
• Recovery Audit Finding: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRGs) 190, 191, and 192 (Medical Necessity Review and MS-DRG Validation)—Inappropriate and Insufficient Documentation
• Recovery Audit Finding: Overutilization of Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) and Respiratory Assist Device (RAD) Accessories—Improperly Billed Quantities

More Items in February 2012

• Feb 29, 2012
  Medicare Fee Fix Signed into Law
• Feb 29, 2012
  New: CPT Errata Posted
• Feb 28, 2012
  New: Medicare Factsheets - Online
• Feb 22, 2012
  Find-A-Code Speaks at HIMSS
• Feb 21, 2012
  Find-A-Code and Primal Pictures Partner to Offer Anatomy Training Tools to Medical Coders Preparing for ICD-10
• Feb 15, 2012
  Updated ASA CROSSWALK® Section
• Feb 11, 2012
  Lab Fees Section Updated
• Feb 09, 2012
  AMA, AHIMA at odds on ICD-10
• Feb 03, 2012
  December 2011 CPT® Assistant Available

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