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Dissecting “The Misunderstoods”- Part II- Billing for SCT

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on Advanced Life Support, ALS2, BLS, CMS, Medicare, Misconception, Misunderstanding, Patient Care Report, Payment, PCR, Procedure, SCT, Specialty Care Transport, Transport
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Bloggers note- early last year we posted a popular 2-part series talking about a subject we affectionately called “The Misunderstoods.”

Railroad Medicare Cites 32.6% Denial Rate in Widespread Review

Post by gnevius@quickmedclaims.com
on Audit, BLS, Codes, Compliance, Denial, Documentation, Medicare, Necessity, Non-BLS, Non-Emergency, Palmetto, PCS, Railroad Medicare, Review, signature, Transport
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Here we go again…
The Railroad Medicare program, administered by government contractor Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators (Palmetto GBA) has published

UPDATE-Properly Executing the Medicare ABN-Part I

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on Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage, ALS, BLS, CMS-R-131, Facility, Loaded Mileage, Medicare, Origin, Transport, Waiver
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Misunderstood
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just announced the release of the revised Advance Beneficiary Notice

New Stuff From Medicare

Post by gnevius@quickmedclaims.com
on ALS, Audit, BLS, Claim, Codes, Compliance, Documentation, Emergency, MAC, Medicare, MUE, Non-Emergency, Palmetto, Payment, PCR, PCS, signature, Transport, Update
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Two Updates

Two recent Medicare updates carrying a potential impact on your EMS agency’s cash flow, complete

Properly Executing the Medicare ABN-Part I

Post by gnevius@quickmedclaims.com
on Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage, ALS, BLS, CMS-R-131, Facility, Loaded Mileage, Medicare, Origin, Transport, Waiver
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Misunderstood
One of the most misunderstood puzzle pieces of ambulance billing is the Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN).As