When RAC contractors start complex reviews of Medicare Part B claims, they will likely hit practices in a weak spot, physicians’ use of CPT modifier -25, according to a report by the RAC Monitor.
John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle false claims allegations in a case with a hot risk area, a compliance officer-turned-whistleblower and a self ...
As the RAC contractors ready themselves in the bullpen for their entry into complex review of Part B claims, it is expected that physicians will receive many “blasts from the pasts” as part of the ...
More than 100 medical associations have taken issue with a new policy from Cigna regarding claims coded with modifier -25. Cigna is coming under fire for its new policy requiring submission of office ...
On May 27, 2025, HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report outlining its finding that Medicare payments for evaluation management (E&M) services provided on the same day as eye injections ...
AAPC’s director of curriculum, Katherine Abel, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I, highlighted several “misunderstood modifiers” in the most recent CMA Today, according to an AAPC report. Ms. Abel discussed the ...