Medicare contractors will implement the updated payment files by July 5, according to the release. The payment file updates include short descriptor changes for 19 HCPCS Level II and CPT codes and ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added several new oral health billing codes for Medicare, and one U.S. legislator wants states notified so they consider making similar ...

CMS finalizes 2026 physician fee schedule, introducing two conversion factors and updates to practice expense methodology for Medicare payments.

Last-minute advocacy by the AOA and other physician groups secured the 2.5% pay increase in H.R. 1, reversing the expected ...

In a move that acknowledges the gauntlet the US health system poses for people facing serious and fatal illnesses, Medicare will pay for a new class of workers to help patients manage treatments for ...

The proposed new Medicare billing codes in the proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2025 include three specific codes for digital mental health treatment (DMHT) relating to professional services ...

According to Medicare, as of January 1, 2014, “ASCs should not report separate line item Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes or charges for items that are packaged into payment for covered ...

In 2016 Medicare introduced advance care planning Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to reimburse clinicians for time spent providing the service. Despite recent increases, use of these codes ...

To enhance compensation for primary care activities that occur outside of face-to-face visits, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently introduced new billing codes for transitional ...

The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust. Sign up to receive our stories. Thousands of medical professionals have billed Medicare at ...