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New year, new code: Things to remember when billing for CCM
Beginning this year, physicians and other qualified health care professionals will be able to separately bill Medicare for providing non-face-to-face chronic care management, or CCM, services, by billing CPT code 99490. In recognizing and paying for these non-face-to-face services, CMS has taken an important step toward recognizing that care coordination is an essential feature of providing high-quality primary care and that important aspects of this care occur when the patient is not in the office. We have described the scope of service in Part I and health information technology requirements (Read more...)