Hospitals got a last-minute reprieve from the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) notification requirement, which was set to go into effect August 6. Citing the need for additional time to revise the standardized notification form that hospitals will need to use to notify patients about the financial implications of being assigned to observation services, CMS moved back the start date for the requirement in the 2017 IPPS final rule to "no later than 90 days" after the final version of the form is approved.
This week’s Medicare updates include a claims status category and claims status codes update, new waived tests, the reprocessing of some IPPS claims, and more!
Q: We have worked hard to get a process for applying modifier -L1 (separately payable laboratory test) when there is lab work ordered by a different physician for a different reason (i.e., diagnosis), but the process is labor intensive. Is it mandatory to report the -L1 modifier?
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During this live webinar Thursday, December 1, expert speakers Jugna Shah, MPH, and Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, will analyze the final rule and deliver a comprehensive update on the major changes coming for 2017 under OPPS.
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