The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living this week released its first National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, developed by two congressionally mandated advisory councils to foster public-private collaboration to support the millions of Americans who provide assistance to a family member with a health condition or functional limitation.
The American Medical Association (AMA) released eight Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. These boosters are adapted for the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants.
Many psychotherapy services dipped in 2020; however, the 60-minute therapy service code gained claims while Part B payments grew by $28 million. And aside from psychiatric specialists, nurse practitioners were most likely to report a psychiatric diagnostic evaluation when also performing a separate E/M service.
While legislators and policy creators debate permanent changes to Medicare’s telehealth rules, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a call to build program integrity protections into any changes.
In case you missed it, CMS has slowly been updating its website. The changes look great, but last week’s makeover of the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) section may contain broken links.