McKnight's November 15, 2023
Provider groups and therapists are hailing a new and broader-than-expected opportunity to bill for caregiver training under codes finalized in the 2024 physician fee schedule.
The caregiving training codes were proposed this summer as a vehicle that would allow staff in skilled nursing and other settings to bill for time spent training unpaid caregivers, including family members, once a year.
But in its final rule issued Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said the codes could be used at the “volume and frequency” needed to meet a physician’s treatment plan, as well as changes in condition or to address new or changed diagnoses, or if there’s a change in caregiver.
Caregivers are “critical members of all of...
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