tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 40

COVERAGE: Get Set For New HCPCS Updating Process

What you need to know about Medicare's effort to 'speed the use of technology.'Dramatic increases in the number of coding applications has spurred the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to change the way it updates the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, the agency said Oct.6.The revisions, which will be instituted over the next 18 months, are aimed at making new treatments available more quickly. Herb Kuhn, director at the Center for Medicare Management says he hopes the changes promote "greater acceptance and transparency" of the coding process. Here's what to expect:    ...

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