The definition of the QZ modifier by Medicare is for a CRNA service without medical direction by a physician. According to the report, for Medicare, medical direction is not achieved unless the ...

The update added HCPCS Level II codes to the list, effective for Medicare claims with dates of service on or after January 1. CMS recently added a half dozen codes to the list of services that may be ...

On December 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published subregulatory guidance to answer questions about billing for drugs acquired through the 340B Drug Pricing Program ( ...

CMS revealed more than 20,000 clinicians will receive a positive payment adjustment on their Medicare physician fee schedule payments this year under the 2018 Value Modifier, which is based on quality ...

CMS recently released results of Medicare’s value-based payment modifier for 2015.[1] This is the first year in which physicians are subject to adjustments under the payment system and, in this first ...

In 2015 Medicare launched the Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier program, the largest US ambulatory care pay-for-performance program to date and a precursor to the forthcoming Merit-based ...