tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 30

FEE SCHEDULE: You Can Bill For Casting Supplies, Nutrition Therapy Next Year

More change in the 2007 Physician fee schedule.Physicians' reimbursement for casting and splinting supplies is safe for another year. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said it wanted to include these supplies in the practice-expense payments, and stop paying for them separately. But CMS says it ended up delaying that proposal for one year because it didn't have enough data on the costs of these items. Now, in its 2007 proposed fee schedule, CMS says it's canceling the proposal altogether, because you use casts and splints for procedures other than fracture care. Also...

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