CMS considers extra payment for some post-operative care work
Practitioners who provide post-operative care for patients without a formal transfer of care from the surgeon could receive a few extra dollars for their trouble if CMS finalizes a proposed add-on code (PBN 7/29/24). But CMS envisions a variety of limits for the new complexity of care code, including who can perform it, where it can be performed and a time limit for performing it.
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