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 ...

CMS recently added a half dozen codes to the list of services that may be reported with HCPCS modifier -CS (cost-sharing), which requires Medicare to cover beneficiary cost-sharing during office ...

AudioEducator, a division of ProEdTech, will host a two-session Virtual Boot Camp on “CMS Modifiers: Coding, Billing, and Compliance Regulations.” When providers use modifiers incorrectly, it ...

Auditing modifiers--the two-digit codes attached to procedure codes to alter their descriptions--plays a key part in verifying that claims for healthcare services were filed accurately and ...

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

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 ...

CMS recently released a revised report titled “ How to Report Once for 2015 Medicare Quality Reporting Programs,” detailing how individual providers, as well as providers in group practices or ...