DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 8 (August)

Getting paid: Watch out for frequency, coding traps with tobacco counseling

Doctors across specialties are interested in taking advantage of Medicare’s new coverage benefit for tobacco-use cessation counseling services. This may be good news for beneficiaries, but could cause new reimbursement problems for unwary physician practices, many of whom get snared by the service’s rigid frequency limits. 

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