DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 7 (July)

NPPs would get additional reimbursement for post-discharge care, CMS proposes

Non-physician practitioners (NPPs) are included in a major component of the proposed 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule that would create a new G-code for primary care practices to receive additional payment for post-discharge transitional care management.

This G-code, which would pay a work RVU of 1.28 on top of the E/M office visit, would cover non-face-to-face services provided by community physicians and NPPs in the 30 days following a facility discharge.

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