On Monday the Board of Directors of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) submitted a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) regarding its recent draft recommendations on Medicare Part B.
The 2017 Medicare Part B Physician’s Fee Schedules have been posted to our website. Downloads are available in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Excel, and Plain Text formats. The Code Search feature will not have 2017 fees loaded until the first week of January, 2017. Visit our Fee Schedule Tool to download copies.
On April 19, 2016, The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a preliminary decision on the HCSPCS application for a unique J code for BENDEKA® (bendamustine hydrochloride) Injection, a ready-to-dilute solution, low-volume (50 mL) bendamustine formulation. CMS ruled that the current J code for TREANDA® (bendamustine HCl) (J9033) appropriately describes BENDEKA. This is […]
At the request of cancer care patients, survivors, advocates, providers and practices, we are offering these resources to make getting involved in stopping this misguided Medicare experiment as easy as possible.
Effective January 1, 2015, Current Procedure Terminology (CPT)codes 80300-80377 were added to replace deleted 2014 drug testing codes. However, at this time, these new codes will not be recognized by Medicare. Claims reporting codes 80300-80377 will be returned as unprocessable. New HCPCs G6030-G6058 should be used to report drug testing services in lieu of the new CPT codes. Please […]
2015 Final Rule:Changes to Physician Quality Programs
2015 Final Rule:Changes to Physician Quality Programs
