Updated Articles

  1. ICD-10 updates effective October 1, 2022

    ICD-10 Updates The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have finalized the 2023 release of ICD-10 codes. The codes will be in effect from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. This year's update includes 1,176 new d...
  2. CMS 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Look up Tool

    CMS Physician Fee Schedule The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the online look-up tool to include physician updates for multiple years. Here is the link: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/physician-fee-sched...
  3. UHC to move to digital VCP statements beginning February 3, 2023

    Virtual Card Payments Coming Soon Beginning February 3, 2023, United Healthcare (UHC) will stop mailing VCP (Virtual Card Payment) statements and instead offer them through their UHC Provider Portal for you to view and/or print as needed. ...
  4. Medicare claim processing error - January 2023

    Medicare Processing Error According to Palmetto GBA, (CMS- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services MAC Processor), claims with dates of service January 1, 2023, and forward billed with a combination of POS codes 19, 22, 23, or 62 with CPTs 992...
  5. NDC updates effective July 1, 2023

    NDC Updates Are you aware of the NDC changes coming from CMS effective July 1, 2023?  Check out the article below for more details. The impacted codes include: NCD 20.4 - Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICDs) NCD 20.7 - P...
  6. End of Public Health Emergency (PHE) - What do I need to know?

    PHE Ends CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has published an article and fact sheet explaining the impact on providers and patients if the PHE expires in May 2023 as scheduled. The fact sheet covers critical elements such ...
  7. UHC issues new ID cards April 2023

    New ID Cards According to United Healthcare (UHC), a new wave of members will be transitioned to their new commercial claims processing system. All transition members will receive a new ID card beginning April 1, 2023. The members will have ...
  8. Oxford Health Plan phases out paper checks

    Phase out of paper checks According to United Healthcare (parent company of Oxford Health Plan), they will discontinue the issuance of paper checks for claims payment for "many... Oxford plans in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York" sometime i...
  9. Submitting DME claims that are subject to $35 out of pocket cap

    DME Claim Cap Beginning July 1, 2023, Medicare will begin limiting the patient's out-of-pocket cost to $35 for a month's supply of insulin used in an insulin pump. Medicare is advising to refrain from billing for supplies of insulin ...
  10. First annual report on the No Surprises Act

    No Surprises Act Curious about how the first year of the No Surprises Act has gone and what impact it has had on the healthcare market? Check out this article from the American Hospital Association. https://www.aha.org/news/headline/...