New CPT code sets can pose challenges for medical coding companies, so we want to provide you with an overview of the new CPT codes that are being introduced for 2022.
CMS Releases Billing Codes for J&J and Moderna Boosters
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Medicare Part B billing codes and payment allowances for reporting and administering single booster doses of Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to eligible adults as authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 20, 2021.
CMS Issues Guidance On Required Medicaid & CHIP COVID-19 Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance on Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of COVID-19-related treatment under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP).
TPE Is Back? An Update for Home Health Billing
For a while now, there have been rumors that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) would be resuming it’s Targeted Probe and Educate Program (TPE)
AMA Announces CPT Codes for Pfizer’s Pediatric COVID-19 Doses
The American Medical Association (AMA) issued new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer. The provisional codes will be effective for use if Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or emergency use authorization.
