Posts Tagged ‘APC’

CPT® 2010: Major Changes for CCT

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) professionals will see major changes in coding next year. CPT® 2010 adds four new Category I codes to report CCT and cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) services and deletes four Category III codes.

In a statement posted on its Web site prior to the Oct. 30 release of the 2010 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) said it did not foresee significant changes in payment for CCT/CCTA. They were singing another tune Nov. 2.

Read more »

2010 OPPS, ASC Policy and Payment Changes

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed, July 1, several policy and payment rate changes for hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) for fiscal year 2010. Payment rate increases for providers paid under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and expanded coverage for certain Medicare services furnished in HOPDs and ASCs are projected in the 2010 proposed rule. Read more »

CMS Releases July 2009 I/OCE v10.2

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the July 2009 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications, version 10.2. This quarter’s update hosts a number of noteworthy changes that go into effect July 1. Read more »

2009 OPPS Final Rule Corrected

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published Jan. 26 in the Federal Register a correction (FR Doc E9-1519) to the 2009 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)/Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) final rule regarding HCPCS code J3300.

Read more »