tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 45

Part B Revenue Booster: Collect for New Medicare Preventive Services With These 'G' Code Additions

Services became payable within the last two months, so you can begin billing MACs for them.Eager to begin seeing Medicare patients for the newly-sanctioned alcohol misuse visits, cardiovascular screens, and depression screenings? Now you can collect for these services with some freshly-issued 'G' codes that MACs began accepting recently.Background: Primary care providers can now collect for an annual alcohol misuse screening at no cost to the patient. If the screening turns up positive for alcohol misuse, Medicare will cover four behavioral counseling sessions each year to treat the alcohol issues. In addition, CMS estimates that one in...

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