tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 26

COPAYMENTS: Don't Write Off Low-Income Copays Until You Get the Facts

Use all of your state's resources for assistance. If your practice sees a lot of lowincome Medicare patients, you may be able to get a helping hand from your state. The 1997 Balanced Budget Act gave the states the choice of whether or not to pay coinsurances and deductibles for Medicare-Medicaid patients, says Atlanta-based attorney Allison Larro. "States can make this decision on their own, so the rules vary depending on location." The Medicare Modernization Act expanded programs for Medicare/Medicaid dual eligibles. There arethree programs: • The Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program pays premiums, copays, and deductibles for...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.