tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 9

PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

Hospitals who’ve encountered claims processing trouble spots under the outpatient prospective payment system could find some insight in a Feb. 21 communiqué from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In program memorandum A-03-014 (http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/ pm_trans/A03014.pdf), CMS outlines what’s needed for proper billing of blood products and blood storage and processing, the appropriate handling of multiple surgical procedures performed in the same session, how to bill for surgical procedures performed in the emergency room at the time of an ER visit, and which inpatient Part B services are paid under the OPPS. In a...

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