tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 43
Physician Note: CMS to Cover Obesity Screening and Counseling
Plus: You're still looking at a 27 percent potential Medicare pay cut on Jan. 1.This holiday season, CMS has given several gifts that should keep on giving to your practice long into 2012 and beyond. Not only does Medicare plan to start covering annual cardiovascular disease prevention, depression screenings, and alcohol misuse screenings (see the Insider, Vol. 12, No 41), but the agency also recently announced that it will cover obesity screening and counseling as well.On Nov. 30, CMS said that Medicare "is adding coverage for preventive services to reduce obesity" in an effort to prevent 1...
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