tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2012 Issue 20

Preventive Care: Try These CVD Behavior Therapy Claims Success Tips Straight From CMS

Make the most of the new preventive services coverage additions.Have you started filing claims for any of the five new preventive care services which Medicare added to its list in 2011? Read on to find out what Medicare experts have to say on how to code intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease (CVD) correctly.Understand the Purpose and FrequencyIntensive behavioral therapy (IBT) for cardiovascular disease is also known as a CVD risk reduction visit, says Jamie Hermansen, a health insurance specialist with CMS. In general, the visit consists of three components:Encouraging aspirin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular...

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