What’s the correct code for…?
The College’s Advocacy Council has partnered with Optum 360 products to offer our members coding books at discounted prices. We recommend updating your coding …
What are the codes for SLIT? We’ve got it!
The Advocacy Council often gets questions from College members wondering what the correct codes for SLIT are. Luckily, we’ve got the answers!What are the…
Billing for venom testing and immunotherapy
As we noted in last week’s Insider, there continues to be concerns about pricing and adequate availability of venoms for testing and treatment. We also u…
How many MUE’s can be billed in a day?
Both Medicare and Medicaid have national “medically unlikely edits” (MUEs) in place that are designed to automatically deny claims that exceed specific daily l…
What you need to know now about new Medicare cards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is removing Social Security Numbers (SSN) from Medicare cards to prevent fraud and fight identity theft.…
Reducing Regulatory Burdens
The Advocacy Council sent a letter to CMS on July 12, 2017 in support of reducing regulatory burdens on practices.
2018 Physician Fee Schedule
The Advocacy Council submitted comments to CMS on Sept. 11, 2017 about issues important to allergists on the proposed 2018 Physician Fee Schedule.
Recovery Audit Contractors (RACS) – What’s new?
In this third and final article in the series, the Advocacy Council addresses the activities of Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). RACs …
Streamlined audit and fraud program
In this second of our three-part series on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) audit and fraud programs, the Advocacy Council (AC) focus…
Confused by the Medicare audit and fraud programs?
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