tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 24

CODING: Missing Details Keep Mobility Device Suppliers Guessing

Fall implementation looms for new codes.Changes in the way Medicare classifies and pays for power mobility devices (PMDs) are nearly ready to roll, but stakeholders are nervous: The feds have yet to say how much they'll pay for PMD products come Oct. 1.After two false starts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released preliminary information on a revised set of new codes for PMDs--a code set that seems destined to stick, industry insiders say. The new set of 64 codes updates the existing set of just four Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes...

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