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Noridian Surgical Dressings Webinar – 02/11/2025

Noridian Surgical Dressings Webinar – 02/11/2025

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...
LCDs Delayed Until April 13, 2025

LCDs Delayed Until April 13, 2025

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...
CMS Releases the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2025

CMS Releases the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2025

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...
ICD-10 Changes

ICD-10 Changes

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...