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02/13/2025: CLIA Waived Testing
01/17/2025: Billing CPT 81479
12/16/2024: January 1 Updates
10/28/2024: 2025 Laboratory CPT Code Updates
09/13/2024: October 1 Updates
08/23/2024: The Outlook for Medicare Rates in 2025
07/17/2024: Compliance 101: Providing an Advanced Beneficiary Notice
07/02/2024: Q3 2024 Site Updates
06/14/2024: Fundamentals of Medicare Laboratory Billing: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Certain Test Ordering Policies
05/10/2024: What are Labs Required to Disclose Regarding Patient Financial Responsibility
04/02/2024: Q2 2024 Site Updates
03/01/2024: Seven Strategies for Ensuring Compliance in Hospital Outreach Laboratories
02/16/2024: Vocab of Reimbursement
02/09/2024: The Vocabulary of Coding
01/22/2024: Publications Update
12/29/2023: What's on the Government's Radar for Labs in 2024?
12/15/2023: 2024 PLA Codes
12/08/2023: 2024 HCPCS Codes
12/01/2023: New and Revised 2024 CPT Codes
11/16/2023: PAMA Update
11/10/2023: Navigating the CMS Audit Appeals Process: A Primer
10/20/2023: Some MACs Changing Coding on STI Testing in Conflict with AMA Guidelines
10/13/2023: 2024 PAMA Cuts
09/22/2023: NCD October 1 Updates
09/15/2023: 2024 ICD-10-CM Updates
09/08/2023: Billing & Coding Is Top Compliance Concern
08/28/2023: Medicare Part B Utilization Data - PLA codes 2018-2022
08/11/2023: UHC Delays Z-Code Start Date
07/28/2023: MolDX Expanded Respiratory Panels
07/14/2023: Hospital Labs Expanding PCR-Based Test Menus
05/19/2023: Rapid Growth for PCR-Based Tests
04/28/2023: ABN Form Update
03/17/2023: MACs Seek To Reduce Toxicology Spending
04/07/2023: Medicare’s MolDX Working to Streamline Policies, Speed Assessments
02/23/2023: What The End of The PHE Means for Labs
02/10/2023: OIG report on 2021 CLFS Spending
01/30/2023: Year End Legislative Updates
01/23/2023: PLA Codes for 2023
12/22/2022: Specimen Collection Reimbursement
12/01/2022: HCPCS Procedure Codes
11/17/2022: New and Revised 2023 CPT Codes
11/03/2022: CLIA Waived Testing
10/19/2022: Are Nurses Qualified To Perform High-Complexity Testing?
10/06/2022: Introduction to CLIA
09/28/2022: October 1 Updates
09/14/2022: DOJ Crackdown on Genetic Testing Telefraud
08/17/2022: Updated ABN Form
08/09/2022: New Bill Would Delay & Reduce Medicare CLFS Cuts
07/28/2022: Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Pogram Annual Report
07/21/2022: Date of Service Rules for Laboratory Tests
07/13/2022: OIG Expands Scope of Covid-19 Test Audits
06/15/2022: Coding for Specimen Collection
06/09/2022: Lab Econ CLIA Labs
06/03/2022: Specimen Collection Compensation
05/12/2022: Lab Econ MolDx Interview
04/21/2022: Exclusion Provisions Concerning Excessive Charges
04/06/2022: PAMA Litigation
03/25/2022: Important April 1, 2022 Updates
03/10/2022: Procedure Code Modifiers
02/24/2022: Top 20 Independent Path Labs
02/10/2022: HIPAA Developments and Patient Access
01/26/2022: New Codes for Pathology Clinical Consultations
01/13/2022: 2020 OIG Report of Laboratory Expenditures
11/17/2021: Fraud and Abuse Basics, Part 3
10/27/2021: Fraud and Abuse Basics, Part 2
10/06/2021: Fraud and Abuse Basics, Part 1
10/01/2021: October 1 Updates
09/23/2021: Coding for Reimbursement for Drug Testing
08/18/2021: Best Practices: Order Entry Systems
08/11/2021: Coding for COVID-19 Variants
07/28/2021: 2019 OIG Report of Laboratory Payments
07/21/2021: Reimbursement Update for COVID-19 Tests
07/14/2021: Specimen Collection Supplies
06/30/2021: Physician Service Arrangements
06/17/2021: Subscriber Questions
06/03/2021: Medicare Direct Billing Rules
05/27/2021: CMS Annual Meeting
05/06/2021: COVID-19 Antibody Codes
03/24/2021: OIG Work Plan
02/23/2021: Employee Compliance Training
02/17/2021: Distribution of Annual Physician Notice
02/10/2021: Current Payment Rates for COVID-19 Tests
01/28/2021: Risky Claims Submission Practices
12/30/2020: 2021 CLFS and Gap-Filling
12/16/2020: Clarification of Codes G2023 and G2024
12/11/2020: Clarification of Code U0005
11/18/2020: Speaker Programs
10/21/2020: New COVID-19 CPT Codes
09/16/2020: Recent Reimbursement/Compliance Developments
09/09/2020: Breaches of PHI
08/26/2020: 2018 Top 25 Lab Tests
08/20/2020: OIG Report on Laboratory Test Expenditures 2018
08/06/2020: Diagnosis Coding Rules for Laboratories
07/30/2020: COVID-19 Procedure Codes and Reimbursement
07/22/2020: Correct Coding for Genomic Sequencing Procedures (GSPs)
07/15/2020: The HDL Story Continues
06/25/2020: Subscriber and Webinar Questions
06/05/2020: HIPAA Breach Notifications
04/30/2020: New Codes for COVID-19 Specimen Collection
04/16/2020: New CPT Codes for COVID-19 Antibody Testing
04/08/2020: Coding COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Pathogens
04/02/2020: Financial Assistance Programs
03/25/2020: Order Entry Systems
03/18/2020: COVID-19 Virus Testing, Part 2
03/11/2020: COVID-19 Virus Testing
02/13/2020: Travel Allowance for Specimen Collection
01/22/2020: Vocabulary of Reimbursement
01/15/2020: Vocabulary of Coding
01/08/2020: PAMA Delay
12/06/2019: The 60-Day Rule
10/31/2019: Recent Developments
10/02/2019: Bill Introduced to Delay PAMA Data Reporting
09/12/2019: Standing Orders
08/28/2019: Subscriber Questions
08/21/2019: New Syndromic Test Panel Codes
08/07/2019: Anti-Kickback Enforcement Actions
07/24/2019: New Drug Testing Codes
07/17/2019: Patient Access to Test Results
07/10/2019: The Civil False Claims Act
06/20/2019: Screening Employees
06/07/2019: CMS Annual Laboratory Meeting
04/03/2019: Panels and Profiles, Part 3
03/25/2019: Panels and Profiles, Part 2
03/15/2019: Panels and Profiles, Part 1
03/08/2019: Pathologist Consultations and Interpretation of Test Results
02/09/2019: Coding and Coverage of Pap Smears
01/31/2019: Genomic Testing for Inherited Conditions
01/11/2019: SUPPORT Legislation
11/09/2018: CMS Changes 2019 PAMA Survey Rules
10/31/2018: Correction to Previous Briefing
10/12/2018: Compliance Vocabulary
10/04/2018: CMS Proposes Payment Cuts for BRCA Gene Testing
08/22/2018: OIG Report on PAMA Implementation
08/15/2018: CMS Proposes New PAMA Rules
08/01/2018: Fraud Report
07/25/2018: Preventive Laboratory Services, Part 3
07/18/2018: Preventive Laboratory Services, Part 2
07/11/2018: Preventive Laboratory Services, Part 1
06/13/2018: New Tests Added to 2019 Medicare Lab Fee Schedule
05/18/2018: Subscriber Questions
04/27/2018: 2018 Annual Laboratory Public Meeting
04/10/2018: How to Qualify a Test as an ADLT
03/23/2018: New PLA Codes
03/02/2018: Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analysis (MAAA)
02/01/2018: Subscriber Questions
01/19/2018: Physician Enforcement Actions
12/19/2017: OIG Report on Lab Tests
11/30/2017: PAMA and Automated Tests
11/09/2017: Vocabulary of Reimbursement
10/27/2017: Vocabulary of Coding
09/24/2017: Alert: Preliminary PAMA Data
09/20/2017: OPPS and the Bundling of Lab Tests
08/25/2017: Direct Billing Rules, Part 2
08/18/2017: Direct Billing Rules, Part 1
08/04/2017: New ABN Form
06/30/2017: Specimen Collection Codes
06/23/2017: New 2018 Lab Test Codes
05/05/2017: Coding and Payment for CLIA Waived Molecular Tests
04/27/2017: Physician Signatures on Requisitions
03/22/2017: Diagnosis Codes on Requisitions
03/15/2017: Fraud and Abuse Updates
02/10/2017: New Coding Options under PAMA
01/18/2017: Compliance Policies
01/12/2017: 2017 Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Update
12/21/2016: G0452 Settlements
12/16/2016: Annual Compliance Audits
11/11/2016: OIG Report on Lab Payments
11/03/2016: 2017 ICD-10 Codes and NCDs
10/27/2016: Custom Panels
10/20/2016: Standing Orders
09/22/2016: Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement for Zika Virus Testing
09/16/2016: 2017 ICD-10 Diagnosis Code Update
08/31/2016: HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Revisited
08/17/2016: Medicare Coverage and Payment for HPV Testing
08/03/2016: Preliminary Fees for 2016 Gap Filled Test Codes
07/15/2016: 2016 Annual Laboratory Public Meeting
05/05/2016: Federal Anti-Kickback Statute 2
04/27/2016: Federal Anti-Kickback Statute
03/24/2016: Coding and Reimbursement for Genomic Sequencing Procedures, Part 2
03/17/2016: Coding and Reimbursement for Genomic Sequencing Procedures, Part 1
03/04/2016: Mass Spectrometry Coding and Reimbursement
02/11/2016: PAMA and Toxicology Reimbursement
01/14/2016: The Provision of Free Testing
01/06/2016: 2016 Medicare Coding and Reimbursement for Drug Testing
12/17/2015: Stark Non-Monetary Compensation 2015
11/13/2015: Vocabulary of Reimbursement
11/06/2015: Vocabulary of Coding
10/30/2015: Providing Meals to Physicians
10/09/2015: Update on Lab Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening
09/30/2015: New Drug Testing Codes for 2016
08/18/2015: ICD-10 FAQs
08/13/2015: Compliance Training
08/07/2015: DNA Based Infectious Disease Assays
07/24/2015: CMS Annual Laboratory Public Meeting
07/15/2015: FAQs Concerning ICD-10, 2016 Reimbursement, and CodeMap®
06/26/2015: Latest OIG Fraud Alert
06/17/2015: Specimen Collection Supplies Revisited
05/29/2015: Medicare Payment for Gap Filled Codes
04/30/2015: Recent Enforcement Actions
04/23/2015: -59 Modifier Use and Changes
03/12/2015: Coding Waived Tests
02/5/2015: Providing Computer Equipment
01/15/2015: New Frequency Limits for Lab Tests
12/03/2014: CMS Issues New Drug Testing Codes
10/30/2014: Advisory Panel
10/13/2014: Preliminary 2015 Lab Fees
10/02/2014: Sales and Marketing Expenses
08/13/2014: New Proposed LCD Rules for Laboratory Tests
08/06/2014: New HIPAA Polices and Procedures
07/23/2014: PAMA Part 3: Coding and Reimbursement for New Tests
07/17/2014: PAMA Part 2: Creating and implementing the New Market Based Fee Schedule
07/10/2014: The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA): An Overview
05/30/2014: Diagnosis Coding Issues
05/21/2014: Screening Employees and Customers
04/30/2014: Discounts to Financially Needy Patients
04/02/2014: New 2015 CPT Codes, Part 2: Quantitative Drug Determinations
03/26/2014: New 2015 CPT Codes, Part 1: Qualitative Drug Screens
02/13/2014: HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
02/06/2014: Patient Access to Laboratory Results
01/31/2014: Date of Service and the PC
12/19/2013: New Coding Rules for IHC, FISH and Immunofluorescent Studies
12/12/2013: CMS to Reprice Medicare Lab Fee Schedule
11/20/2013: Fraud and Abuse Enforcement
11/1/2013: Proposed Medicare Reimbursement for New 2014 Lab Codes
10/11/2013: New Molecular Pathology Fees
09/18/2013: Coding and Reimbursement Updates
09/06/2013: Medicare Coverage Edits Part 3
08/21/2013: Medicare Coverage Edits Part 2
08/14/2013: Medicare Coverage Edits
08/09/2013: Physicians Payments Sunshine Act
07/26/2013: CMS Proposes Changes to Payment for Lab Tests: Part II
07/19/2013: CMS Proposes Changes to Payment for Lab Tests: Part I
06/27/2013: HIPAA and Patient Requests for Test Results
06/19/2013: CMS Announces July Lab Meeting
06/07/2013: CMS Publishes Initial Gap fill Fees for MoPath Tests
05/16/2013: OIG Special Advisory Bulletin Concerning Exclusions
05/03/2013: EMR and EHR Safe Harbor Proposals
04/03/2013: Medicare Coverage of Preventive Care, Part 2
03/27/2013: Medicare Coverage of Preventive Care
03/15/2013: Sequestration Payment Reductions for Labs and Pathologists
02/21/2013: Anti-Kickback Enforcement and Physicians
02/14/2013: Update on Prostate Biopsy Codes and Payment
01/31/2013: Medicare Gap-Fill Payments for Molecular Pathology Codes
01/16/2013: HIPAA Mistakes
01/04/2013: Reimbursement and Compliance Developments
12/18/2012: Update to 2013 Lab Fee Schedule
12/13/2012: Apparent Errors in 2013 Lab Fee Schedule
11/30/2012: Coding HLA Typing Tests
11/09/2012: 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
10/16/2012: Stark Prohibitions and Non-Monetary Compensation
10/11/2012: Coding and Reimbursement for Calculated Lab Results
09/19/2012: CMS to Gap-Fill Molecular Pathology Codes
09/06/2012: CPT Codes on Requisitions
08/21/2012: 2013 Medicare Laboratory Fee Schedule
08/15/2012: Compliance Issues Related to Test Ordering Systems
08/08/2012: Preparing for ICD-10
08/2/2012: Future Directions: Medicare Compliance Enforcement
07/25/2012: Waiving Patient Copays
06/22/2012: Medicare Pricing for 2013 Lab Codes
06/01/12: Specimen Collection Supplies
05/22/2012: Recent Enforcement Actions
05/04/2012: Frequency Limits (MUEs) for Pathology Services
04/05/2012: Coding for Drug Determinations, Part 2
03/30/2012: Coding for Drug Determinations, Part 1
03/16/2012: Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analysis (MAAAs)
03/02/2012: Medicare Coverage for STD Screening Tests
02/14/2012: 2012 OIG Work Plan
01/27/2012: Reporting Molecular Pathology Tests
2012 Publications Notification
12/19/2011: Questions for 2012
12/09/2011: Annual Compliance Audit
12/02/2011: Compliance Policies
11/18/2011: The Chief Compliance Officer
10/28/2011: The Use of Custom Panels
10/7/2011: Palmetto LCD for Molecular Diagnostic Tests
9/26/2011: Proposed Payment for New CPT Codes
9/09/2011: New CPT Codes for 2012
8/17/2011: Accountable Care Organizations
8/12/2011: Annual Physician Notices
8/5/2011: Update to 2012 Laboratory Fee Schedule
7/29/2011: Genetic Testing 2012
6/17/2011: CMS Meeting to Discuss Payment for 2012 New Lab Tests
5/13/2011: Recovery Audit Contractor Program Results
04/29/2011: Stark Non-Monetary Compensation
04/08/2011: EMR/EHR Safe Harbors
04/01/2011: Genetic Testing Demonstration
2/25/2011: Medicare Drug Screening Update
2/11/2011: Recent OIG and DOJ Activity
2/4/2011: Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV)
01/21/2011: Stark Self-Referral Prohibitions 3
01/14/2011: Stark Self-Referral Prohibitions 2
01/07/2011: Stark Self-Referral Prohibitions 1
2011 Publications Notice
12/17/2010: Year-End Changes
12/10/2010: 2011 Medicare Lab Fee Schedule
11/19/2010: Coding and Reimbursement of Automated Tests
11/12/2010: 2011 OIG Work Plan
10/29/2010: Proposed Medicare Payments for new 2011 Lab Codes
10/12/2010: Medicare Provider Anti-Fraud Rule: Screening Tools
10/04/2010: Medicare Provider Anti-Fraud Rule: Risk Classification
09/17/2010: 2011 CPT Code Changes
09/03/2010: Conversion to ICD-10 Stays On Schedule
08/23/2010: Chromatography CPT Codes
08/06/2010: Reimbursement Review
07/23/2010: Coding Review
07/08/2010: Employee Screening
07/01/2010: Signature Requirements for Test Requisitions and Orders
06/18/2010: Coding Quantitative Drug Tests
06/05/2010: 2011 Laboratory CPT and HCPCS Codes
05/21/2010: Timely Submission of Medicare Claims
05/07/2010: New HIV Screening Codes
04/23/2010: Outpatients and Nonpatients
04/09/2010: Update: Healthcare Reform and Laboratories
3/19/2010: MUE Update
3/05/2010: Coding & Reimbursement Update
2/19/2010: Beneficiary Inducement Prohibition
2/05/2010: Urinalysis Codes
1/22/2010: Drug Screening Codes
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 1/7/2010
2010 CodeMap® Publications Shipping Update
12/04/2009: Travel Allowance Reimbursement
11/20/2009: Diagnosis Coding Rules for Pathologists
11/13/2009: Diagnostic Coding Rules for Laboratories
10/30/2009: Preliminary Payment for New Lab CPT Codes
10/15/2009: HIPAA Amendments
10/02/2009: Proposed Medicare Coverage for HIV Screening
Upcoming Coding and Reimbursement Changes
09/18/2009: Essential Health Information System Updates
08/28/2009 Reimbursement for Lab CPT Codes
08/14/2009 Creating New CPT Codes
8/7/2009 New 2010 Laboratory CPT Codes
07/31/2009 Physician Signature Requirements
07/24/2009: Health Care Reform and the Future
07/17/2009: New Information and Hospital Lab Direct Billing Rules
06/19/2009: Employee Screening
06/05/2009: NPI Issues
05/22/2009: Who Can Order Tests for Medicare Patients?
5/1/09: Coding Molecular Microarray Procedures
4/17/09: Comparative Effectiveness Studies
4/03/09: Medicare Recovery Audit (RAC) Contractor Program
03/20/2009: Compliance Risk Areas
3/06/09: Quantitative Drug Assay Codes
Q2 NCD Updates
02/20/2009: Discounts for Financially Needy Patients
2/06/09: In Vivo Lab Procedures
1/23/09: 2009 Laboratory Fee Schedule
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 01/14/2009
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 12/19/08: Prostate Saturation Biopsies
NCD Q1 2009 Breaking News
12/05/2008: Anti-Markup Provisions
11/21/2008: Civil Monetary Penalties
11/12/08: Clinical Laboratory Interpretation Services
10/29/08: MUE Update
10/15/08: The NCD Update Process
10/08/2008: 2009 Payment Recommendations
10/01/08: Two Issues Resolved
9/19/08: Coding and Reimbursement for HIV Tests
9/5/08: The Terminology of Coding
8/22/08: Recent Subscriber Questions
08/08/2008: New PSA Screening Criteria
7/25/2008: 2008 Travel Allowances
7/17/2008: Medicare Improvements Act
6/27/2008: New Laboratory CPT Codes
July 2008 NCD Update
04/04/2008: Relying on Guidance
03/28/2008: Comparative Effectiveness
03/14/2008: New ABN Form
02/22/08: Standing Orders
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 01/03/2008: Annual Compliance Audits
11/16/2007 Medical Necessity Data Files
11/2/07: Payment Jurisdiction for Referred Lab Tests
6/22/07: Excessive Charges to Medicare
6/15/07: Compliance Training
6/08/07: Glucose Testing for Hospital Patients
6/01/07: Reimbursement for Unlited Procedures
5/11/07: Molecular Diagnostic Codes and Reimbursement II
5/4/07: Molecular Diagnostic Codes and Reimbursement
04/20/2007: Medicare Coverage Vocabulary
03/30/2007: Reimbursement Vocabulary
03/23/07: Compliance Vocabulary
3/16/07: Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) Implementation
3/2/07: The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 2/23/07: New Anticoagulant Management Codes
2/09/07: Glycosylated Hemoglobin (A1c) Test Codes
02/02/2007 National Provider Identifiers
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 1/26/07: The Deficit Reduction Act
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 1/19/07: The Civil False Claims Act
12/19/06 Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs)
12/11/06 - 2007 Medicare Laboratory Fee Schedule
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 12/1/06: Category III Codes
11/17/2006 2007 Radiology CPT Codes
11/10/06 New and Revised CPT Codes for Laboratory and Pathology Procedures
11/03/06 Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes
10/20/06 Dealing with Medicare Overpayments
10/13/06 Stark II Issues, Part 2
10/6/06: Stark II Issues, Part 1
09/29/2006 Medical Necessity Updates
09/15/06: Medicare Coverage of PSA Testing
9/8/06 Public Consultation on Medicare Payment for Lab Tests
08/25/06: Point of Care Hemoglobin A1c Testing
08/21/06 Subscriber Questions
08/11/06 CMS Awards First A/B MAC Contract
7/21/06 Medicare Coding Vocabulary
7/14/06 Setting Reimbursement Amounts for New 2007 Codes
07/07/06: New 2007 Laboratory CPT Codes
06/09/2006 Competitive Bidding III
06/02/2006 Competitive Bidding II
05/26/2006 Competitive Bidding I
05/12/2006 Briefing: ABN Update
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 5/5/06: Subscriber Questions
04/28/2006: Billing for Purchased Interpretations
CodeMap Compliance Briefing 4/21/06
03/31/2006: Physician Voluntary Reporting System
03/24/06 Medicare Organization/ Administration
03/17/2006: Compliance Disclosure Programs
03/10/06: Automated Test Coding and Reimbursement
02/24/2006 Pay for Performance
02/17/2006: Inherent Reasonableness
2/10/06: Microarray Codes
02/03/2006 Refresher Course: Compliance Programs
01/20/2006 Refesher Course: Medicare Reimbursement
01/13/06: Laboratory Phlebotomists in Physician Offices
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 1/06/06 2006 Federal Budget
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 12/16/05: Lipid Codes
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 12/9/05: Important Year End Dates
12/02/05 Fecal Occult Blood Tests
11/18/05 Employee Compliance Training
11/04/2005 New CPT Codes for Radiology
10/21/2005: New CPT Codes for Lab and Pathology
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 10/14/05: Providing Regulatory Information to Customers
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 10/07/05: Employee Screening
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 9/29/05: Waived Testing
CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 09/23/05: Drafting Compliance Policies
09/16/2005 2006 Lab Codes and Proposed Payments
09/09/2005: LIS and Medical Necessity
08/19/2005: Lab Tests on the 2006 Physician Fee Schedule
08/05/2005 Coding Bone Marrow and Bone Biopsies
CodeMap Compliance Briefing 07/22/05: Coding Antibody and Antigen Assays II
07/08/2005 Coding Antibody and Antigen Assays: I
06/24/2005 Resubmitting Denied Medicare Claims
06/17/2005 Diagnosis Coding Rules-Part 2
05/20/05 Diagnosis Coding Rules Part 1
05/13/2005 Reflex Manual WBC Differentials
05/06/2005 Incident To Services
04/29/2005 CMS Manuals
04/22/2005 Reflex Testing
04/15/2005 Custom Panels
04/08/2005 Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs)
04/01/2005 Place of Service (POS) Codes
03/18/2005 Subscriber Questions
03/11/2005 Medically Unbelieveable Edits
03/04/2005: Final Hospital Compliance Guidance 4
02/25/2005: Final Hospital Compliance Guidance 3
02/18/2005 Final Hospital Compliance Guidance 2
02/11/2005 Final Hospital Compliance Guidance
02/04/2005 Final Diabetes Screening Rules
01/28/2005 Medicare Appeals II
01/21/2005: Medicare Appeals I
01/14/2005 Providing Services to SNFs
01/07/2005 Medicare Errors
12/17/2004 Year End Subscriber Questions
12/10/2004 Coding Flow Cytometry Services
12/03/2004 Diabetes Screening Tests
11/22/2004 Announcing CodeMap Data Files
11/19/2004 Flow Cytometry Coding and Reimbursement
11/12/2004 New Venipuncture Rules
11/05/2004 Medicare Cardiovascular Screening Benefits
10/29/2004 Subscriber Questions
10/22/2004 Genetic Testing Modifiers
10/15/2004 Coding Glucose Tests
10/08/2004 Shared Laboratories
10/01/2004 Stark II and POLs
09/24/2004 New CPT Codes for Pathology Services
09/17/2004 New CPT Codes for Lab Services
08/27/2004 SNF Consolidated Billing Exceptions
08/20/2004 The OIG Exclusion Program
08/13/2004 Medicare Initial Preventive Physical Exam
08/06/2004 New Medicare Coverage for Screening Tests
07/30/2004 Discounts to Financially Needy Patients
07/23/2004 Date of Service for Lab Tests
07/16/2004 New CPT Codes for 2005
06/25/2004 Updates to NCDs and LMRPs
06/18/2004 New Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals II
06/11/2004 New Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals II
06/04/2004 Annual Physician Notices
05/21/2004 Screening Pap Smear Coverge
05/14/2004 Transfusion Medicine Codes II
05/07/2004 Transfusion Medicine Codes I
04/23/2004 Anti-Mark-Up Controversy
04/16/2004 Subscriber Questions
04/09/2004 Genetic Testing Codes II
04/02/2004 Genetic Testing Codes I
03/26/2004 Laboratory Marketing Practices III
03/19/2004 Laboratory Marketing Practices II
03/12/2004 Laboratory Marketing Practices I
03/05/2004 Medicare Payment for CLIA Waived Tests
02/27/2004 Medicare Payment for ReferredTests
02/20/2004 Grace Period for CPT Codes Eliminated
02/14/2004 CCI Edits Associated with New Lab and Pathology Codes
02/06/2004 CCI Edits Associated with New Radiology Codes
01/23/2004 The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
01/16/2004 Travel Allowances
12/19/2003 Medicare Modernization Act
12/12/2003 Medicare Reform Bill Part 2
12/05/2003 Medicare Reform Bill Part 1
11/21/2003 New HCPCS Codes for CBCs without Platelets
11/07/2003 GA, GY and GZ Modifiers
10/31/2003 Specimen Collection
10/24/2003 Coding Qualitative Drugs-of-Abuse Tests
10/17/2003 The OIG's Work Plan, Medicare CDs, Recent Enforcement Actions.
10/10/2003 ESRD Composite Rate Lab Tests
10/03/2003 End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Reimbursement for Automated Tests
09/26/2003 Proposed Rules from the OIG
09/12/2003 Category III (Tracking) CPT Codes
09/05/2003 New Proposed Rules for Flow Cytometry
08/15/2003 Thyroid Testing
08/01/2003 CMS Lab Reimbursement Meeting
07/25/2003 NCD Misconceptions
07/18/2003 The -GZ Modifier
07/11/2003 Screening Mammogram Codes
06/27/2003 Correct Coding Edits II
06/20/2003 Correct Coding Edits I
06/13/2003 Diagnosis Coding Rules II
06/06/2003 Diagnosis Coding Rules I
05/23/2003 Revised Medicare Appeals Provisions II
05/16/2003 Revised Medicare Appeals Provisions I
05/09/2003 Business Associates Agreements
05/02/2003 Pathologist Interpretation of Clinical Lab Tests
04/25/2003 TC Billing of Pathology Services
04/18/2003 Medicare Reimbursement for Pathology Services
04/11/2003 How to Respond to a Search Warrant
03/28/2003 How to Respond to Subpoenas
03/21/2003 How to Respond to Investigators
03/14/2003 Mandatory Claim Submission
03/07/2003: Who Can Order Diagnostic Tests?
02/28/2003 Changes in 2003 Physician Fee Schedule
02/21/2003 Medical Necessity Requirements for Chemistry Panels, Part II
02/14/2003 Medical Necessity Requirements for Chemistry Panels I
02/07/2003: ABNs and Client Cooperation
01/31/2003: Patient Ordered and/or Performed Testing
01/24/2003: The Beneficiary Anti-Kickback Statute
01/17/2003: Significant Changes in 2003 Medicare Reimbursement
01/10/2003: 2003 Medicare Lab and Physician Fee Schedules
12/13/2002: More National Coverage Policies
12/06/2002: How Medicare Sets Fees for New CPT Codes
11/22/2002: Critical Year End Dates
11/15/2002: 2003 Medicare Laboratory Fee Schedule
11/08/2002: Stark Self-Referral Prohibitions
11/01/2002: Using Modifiers -59 and -91
10/25/2002: Introduction to Privacy Regulations
10/18/2002: New Codes for Obstetrical Ultrasound
10/11/2002: National Coverage Determinations (NCDs)
10/04/2002: Implementing a Radiology Compliance Program
09/27/2002: New 2003 Lab CPT Codes
09/20/2002: Automated Order Entry
09/13/2002: National Coverage Policy for Lipids
09/06/2002: The Anti-Kickback Statute
08/23/2002: Using the New ABN Forms
08/16/2002: Advance Beneficiary Notices
08/09/2002: Medicare Coverage for PET Scans
08/02/2002: Reflex Testing
07/26/2002: 2003 Hematology CPT Code Changes II
07/19/2002: 2003 Hematology CPT Code Changes I
07/12/2002: Direct Billing Rules II
06/28/2002: Direct Billing Rules I
06/21/2002: Medicare Reimbursement for Lipid Panels
06/14/2002: Bone Density Studies
06/07/2002: CLIA Waived Testing Rules
05/31/2002: Blood Draws and the Anti-kickback Statute
05/01/2002 - CodeMap® Quarterly Reports, Volume I, No. 2
National Coverage Determination (NCD) Updates
01/15/2002 - CodeMap® Quarterly Reports, Volume I, No. 1
