CMS abandons chronic care code billing requirement

CMS will no longer require providers to have 24/7 access to their patients’ records when billing under Medicare’s chronic care management code, according to a Politico report.

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The agency contends the requirement is too burdensome.

According to the report, Medicare’s chronic care management code, which allows providers to bill for non-face-to-face coordination, launched last year. Only 275,000 Medicare patients received the service.

Read the Politico report to find out what other requirement CMS has said it is abandoning.

 

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