tci E/M Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 9

Reader Questions: Stop Submitting Opt-Out Authorization Every Year

Question: Our practice has chosen to opt out of Medicare. I heard that there’s a change in how we do that. Can you explain the change? Kansas Subscriber Answer: Yes, there has been a recent change in how you opt out of Medicare. Thanks to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), any opt-out affidavit that you sign on or after June 16, 2015 will auto-renew every two years. In the past, you had to manually refile your opt-out authorization every two years — so if you plan to stay out of Medicare indefinitely, the...

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