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Review treatment and coding options for fertility services
Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, CDIP, writes about the types of treatment for infertility for both men and women, highlighting the associated diagnosis and procedure codes used to report them. 
Linking documentation for fertility services to medical necessity
Providers must link the medical necessity of the treatment they give to the documented diagnoses or they may not get paid. Read about how to ensure medical necessity is proven for fertility services. 
CMS eases provider burden, reporting requirements in CLFS final rule

Jugna Shah, MPH, looks at CMS’ Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule final rule and how payments may change for providers beginning January 1, 2018.

Healthcare News: CMS releases OPPS, MPFS proposed rules
CMS’ 2017 OPPS and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rules, released July 6 and 7, respectively, introduce policies that focus on improving payment accuracy across sites and for professionals in primary care, care management, and patient-centered services. 
Q&A: Reporting professional services on a UB-04 form
Q: Can a hospital that is not a critical access hospital (CAH) bill professional charges on UB-04 claims, Type of Bill (TOB) 013X? I have not read anywhere that hospitals cannot bill this way, but usually when discussing revenue 96X and other professional revenue codes there is mention of CAHs only.
 

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