tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 12

Preventive Services: Don't Bill Annual Wellness Visit As 'Incident To,' CMS Says

The agency provides answers some of your most pressing AWV questions. Whether you consider yourself a Medicare preventive service expert or you're just ramping up on your Welcome to Medicare and Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) coding, you can benefit from a bit of CMS direction on how to report these services. Check out the following answers to your most frequently-asked Medicare preventive visit questions, which were answered during CMS's "Medicare Preventive Services National Provider Call" on March 28. Avoid Incident-to for WTM, AWV Patients Question 1: Can the "Welcome to Medicare" (WTM) exam or the annual wellness visit (AWV)...

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