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Medicare Carrier Plans to Reject Molecular Claims
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 15 – November 7, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In September, Palmetto, a Medicare carrier serving California and seven other states, made public two draft local coverage determinations (LCDs) that revamp its coverage guidelines for molecular diagnostic tests (MDT) and laboratory-developed tests (LDT). All labs su…
Proposed Coding Edits May Restrict 88305 Use
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 1 – January 16, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: When the Medicare contractor tasked with developing MUEs (Medically Unbelievable Edits) for this year’s Correct Coding Initiative work released the proposed list of edits to the AMA, it didn’t take long for the bad news to reach the pathology profession. Restriction on un…
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