tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 14

Coverage & Reimbursement: You Could Be Missing Vital Information If You Overlook LCDs

Tip: Your reimbursement is contingent upon your service being covered. When you’re prepping your Medicare claims, you’ll need to review both the national coverage decision (NCD) and the local coverage decision (LCD) for a particular procedure to ensure you have the full reimbursement picture in focus. Otherwise, you could shortchange your deserved pay. This fact, along with several other reimbursement hints, were elucidated by CMS’s Lauren Robbins during CMS’s June 23 webinar, “Medicare Basics, Part Two.” Read on for some facts about Medicare billing and coding. You Choose Whether to Accept Assignment Although...

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