Tag: Chronic Care Management Codes

Mastering Chronic care management codes

Chronic Care Management Codes: A Comprehensive Guide

Chronic Care Management codes are increasingly being adopted by healthcare providers to address care fragmentation for patients with multiple chronic conditions. However, a recent study published in the American Academy of Family Physicians suggests that while CCM is gaining traction, challenges persist in its implementation and reimbursement. A Growing Trend The study, which analyzed Medicare […]
Medicare G Codes

Focus on G Codes for Medicare

Code professional services like a pro to maximize reimbursement in 2021. The first quarter update to the HCPCS Level II code set includes 83 new codes, 76 revised codes, and 174 deleted codes. The majority of movement in the HCPCS Level II update for 2021 involves the G codes, Procedures & Professional Services. The Centers […]
Chronic Care Management

How To Deliver Effective And Profitable Chronic Care Management

Chronic care management (CCM) has an overarching clinical goal—improving the health of Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions. Besides knowing the service parameters, pay rates and usage requirements for CCM codes, physicians must understand how to effectively bill for CCM in order to profitably achieve that goal. Medicare pays for CCM (typically, non-face-to-face) services to […]