tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 25

Physician Notes: CMS Reveals Auditors' Findings Regarding AWVs

Plus: Need guidance on signature requirements? CMS has your document. Although annual wellness visits (AWVs) have been around for a while, you may still find them a bit of a mystery. And that seems to be the case for quite a few practices, if the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) findings are any indication. CMS published the most common error seen among AWV claims (G0438-G0439) in its January Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter.  The biggest culprit? Repeated billing of G0438 (Annual wellness visit…initial visit). You can only collect for the initial visit once per beneficiary’s lifetime. That...

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