tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 8

Coding & Reimbursement: Reassignment Of Benefits Will Become Possible Soon

Use per-diem codes for ESRD services if patient is hospitalized during month A provision in last December's Medicare Modernization Act that expands the situations under which a physician can reassign billing privileges to another entity should be implemented soon, officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services promised.   Section 952 of the MMA allows physicians to reassign benefits to medical management groups or physician management organizations, even if they're not on-site as contract workers, CMS officials explained in the Feb. 23 physician Open Door Forum. The law lets CMS implement this provision through a manual instruction instead...

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