RevCycle Intelligence November 8, 2018
The CMS Administrator recently stressed her agency’s commitment to updating Medicare billing processes for E/M office visits to reduce the administrative burden on clinicians.
Finalizing the consolidation of Medicare billing codes for evaluation and management (E/M) outpatient and office visits is the first step for CMS as the federal agency modernizes the payment structure for office visits, CMS Administrator Seema Verma recently told providers.
In a letter addressed to clinicians, the head of CMS explained that the federal agency is committed to reducing administration burden and the agency is setting its sights on office and outpatient visits.
“The current 1995/1997 E/M framework was built upon a model of clinical care involving complaint or symptom-based face-to-face encounters between a patient and...
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