Medicare improperly paid physicians for co-surgery and assistant-at-surgery services that were billed without the appropriate payment modifiers. On Nov. 25, the OIG published a review of whether Part ...
On January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) introduced 4 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System modifiers, known collectively as the - X(EPSU) modifiers, as a subset of ...
The OIG found that incorrect modifier usage led to $4.9 million in overpayments. Now is the time to shore up your revenue cycle as some providers may need to pay for incorrect modifier usage.