Getting surgical dressings for patients can be very difficult. The documentation required is extensive and there are a lot of rules. If you are in the Noridian jurisdiction, you might want to attend their educational webinar. The Noridian Provider Outreach and...
CMS has indeed delayed the implementation date for the Skin Substitute Grafts/ Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (CTP) for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers LCDs from 2/12/25 to 4/13/25. The policies on the CMS website are now “future...
On October 24th, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS), filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago, seeking injunctive relief against what they termed, “a multilateral price-fixing conspiracy” with the nation’s largest...
CMS has published the final rule for the CY2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). As we knew from the proposed rule, there are no major changes in the payment for Cellular Tissue Products (CTPs) / skin substitutes in 2025 — although CMS stated they the...
Every year, a new ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code set is released which takes effect on October 1. There were 252 new codes added, 36 code deletions, and 13 code revisions effective October 1, 2024. Some of these changes involved ICD-10-CM coding for...