by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 17, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
There are 11,831 new edit pairs, which pushes the total for effective edits to 709,527. There were 346 terminations for a net gain of 11,485. In this release, we find that there are around 350 edit pairs that have termination and/or effective dates retroactive to an...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 19, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
From MMP’s friend Frank Cohen: I have completed my analysis of NCCI version 16.3, including an analysis of the changes from the last quarter release (version 16.2) to the current release. Here are my summary findings: Currently, for version 16.3, there are...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 1, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
Here’s your pop quiz: The NCCI edits are: A. pairs of services that should not be billed by the same physician for the same patient on the same day. B. definition refinements for HCPCS codes. C. diagnosis codes (ICD-9) that cannot be billed together on a CMS...
