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Are you wanting to change your participation status with Medicare? The deadline is quickly approaching. Read the article to learn more!
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Posted by ICS Staff | Dec 1, 2021 | Billing and Collections, ICS Message, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |
Are you wanting to change your participation status with Medicare? The deadline is quickly approaching. Read the article to learn more!
Read MorePosted by ICS Staff | Mar 31, 2025 | Billing and Collections, ICS Message, Practice Management, zall | 0 |
Medicare Advantage billing can be complex, especially for chiropractic physicians navigating balance billing rules. Billing practices depend on whether the provider is contracted with the MA plan or participates in Original Medicare, dictating what costs can be passed to patients.
Read MorePosted by Marc Abla, CAE | Jan 31, 2024 | Billing and Collections, ICS Message, Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, Practice Management, Videos, zall | 0 |
Get updates on the 2024 Medicare Fee Schedule and its billing implications. Stick to the current fee schedule to avoid administrative hassles and ensure proper reimbursement, regardless of potential changes in March.
Read MorePosted by ICS Staff | Dec 21, 2022 | ICS Message, Legislative, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |
On Monday night, Congress introduced the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, which is a bi-partisan budget deal worth $1.66 billion for 2023. The deal aims to partially address the upcoming Medicare fee schedule cuts. The Act was passed by the Senate on Wednesday. For more information, please read the article.
Read MorePosted by Mario P. Fucinari DC, CPCO, CPPM, CIC | Dec 9, 2020 | Billing and Collections, Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |
Recent legislation signed by President Trump significantly dampened the 2021 Medicare Part B premium increase that would have occurred, given the estimated growth in Medicare spending next year. The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $148.50 in 2021, an increase of $3.90 from $144.60 in 2020. CMS also announced that the annual deductible for Medicare Part B beneficiaries is increasing.
Read MorePosted by ICS Staff | Dec 12, 2018 | ICS Message, Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |
A few weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their final rule for 2019. In that release, CMS included the 2019 Medicare fee schedule, a change to the MIPS participation rules, and significant changes to evaluation and management coding and documentation.
Read MorePosted by Mario P. Fucinari DC, CPCO, CPPM, CIC | Jun 22, 2017 | Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that they intend to further raise the threshold for participation in its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). In its much-anticipated proposed 2018 rule for the Quality Payment Program (QPP), CMSproposed to increase the threshold to exclude MIPS-eligible clinicians or groups with $90,000 or less in Part B-allowed Medicare charges or 200 or fewer Part B Medicare beneficiaries.
Read MorePosted by Evan Gwilliam, DC, MBA, QCC, CPC, CCPC, CPMA, CPCO, AAPC Fellow | Dec 28, 2016 | Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |
As part of the latest proposal to fix this problem, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was passed in 2015.
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