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2022 Medicare Care Management Updates - CCM, PCM and RTM

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Thu, Mar 17, 2022 @ 11:42 AM

Overview; CCM, PCM and RTM Program Updates:

If you are planning to offer, or currently offer chronic care management or remote monitoring services to your patients, CMS is providing more financial incentive with new billing codes and increased reimbursement rates. 

CMS significantly increased the reimbursement rate for Chronic Care Management and created a new add-on code for provider time spent managing CCM patients.  

Principal Care Management also received a significant reimbursement increase...

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Medicare Care Management Updates - 2020

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Tue, Nov 19, 2019 @ 11:11 AM

Care Management in 2020:

Each year, CMS makes updates to the Medicare care management programs to create more financial reimbursement opportunities for providers and improve the health outcomes of their patients. This year's final rule for the Physician Fee Schedule contains modifications to payment rates, payment policies, and quality provisions. These updates will be officially implemented on January 1, 2020.

TCM Program Updates:

Transitional Care Management focuses on reducing unnecessary...

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