News and Updates:

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Medicare releases 2009 IPPS Proposed Rule.
For complete information, please refer to the Display Copy.

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Upcoming WebEx Presentations

Understanding Hospital Reimbursement

Date:	May 28, 2008
Evening Session:	Eastern Time: 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Central Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Pacific Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Register

Agenda:

• Hospital Inpatient coding and Medicare MS-DRG reimbursement
• Hospital Outpatient coding and Medicare ambulatory reimbursement
• Hospital coding scenarios for a variety of arrhythmia and implant procedures

Advanced EP Coding for 2008

Date:	May 14, 2008
Time:	11 am Central Daylight Time
Speaker:	Linda Holtzman, MHA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-H, Clarity Coding™

Register

Agenda:

• Advanced Coding, Coverage and Reimbursement
• Medicare cardiac device coverage
• CPT codes for cardiac device therapies
• Procedure and Diagnosis coding scenarios for a variety of arrhythmia and implant procedures

 View WebEx slides (.pdf)

This program has the prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) for one continuing education hour. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

This program has been approved for one CEU continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

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QR modifier is replaced with Q0 (zero) modifier effective January 1, 2008.
The QR modifier which was used to identify primary prevention patients indicated for an ICD has been replaced with a new modifier, Q0 (zero). The Q0 modifier should be used on both physician and hospital outpatient claims.

For full details, please review the Medicare Integrated Outpatient Code Editor

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CC/MCC Lookup Tool
Use this tool to search for CC and MCC diagnosis codes associated with the new Medicare MS-DRG payment structure.
Download the CC/MCC Lookup Tool (5MB Excel file)
Note: Please click "Enable Macros" when the file opens for the tool to work properly.

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2008 Medicare OPPS Final Rule
View highlights of the OPPS final rule

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2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
View highlights of the MPFS final rule

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Medicare releases 2008 IPPS Final Rule
Press Release