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There's more to Medicare's Annual Wellness Visit
Medicare providers may perform a medically necessary diagnostic electrocardiogram (EKG) on the same day as an AWV (G0438 or G0439). ... The annual Medicare Part B deductible and co-insurance are waived for the AWV.
November 2014
Influenza
Clinicians may be missing opportunities to vaccinate Medicare patients against influenza, and racial disparities exist in vaccination rates, a study found. ... Half (50.5%) of Medicare beneficiaries ages 19 or older received an influenza vaccine during
November 2021
Chronic kidney disease
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/02/5.htm. Over a third of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) enrolled in a Medicare plan's Medication Therapy Management program in ... Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are enrolled
February 2021
CMS update
29. ACP strongly supports recent proposed changes in Medicare payments to physicians that would recognize the value of cognitive services in providing quality patient care. ... These provisions were included in the proposed Medicare Physician Fee
August 2019
Lung cancer
2016 among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, with lower frequency among nonwhite patients and those in regions other than the Northeast. ... an estimated 4.1% (95% CI, 3.9% to 4.3%) of the eligible Medicare population.
June 2020
Reimbursement
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/07/4.htm. Observed Medicare costs were compared with predictions based on the standard CMS-Hierarchical Condition Category model, both with and without a ... Researchers performed a retrospective cohort
April 2020
Lung cancer screening
Medicare announced last week that it would begin covering screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT, effective immediately. ... Medicare will now cover the screens once per year for beneficiaries who meet all of the following criteria:.
February 2015
CMS update
On June 4, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule updating the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
June 2015
CMS update
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/17/6.htm. Medicare providers who were unable to successfully demonstrate meaningful use for 2013 can submit hardship exceptions to avoid the upcoming Medicare ... 1, 2015. Medicare providers who were
June 2014
CMS update
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/25/7.htm. Due to new risk-screening criteria established as part of the Affordable Care Act, clinicians who enrolled in Medicare prior to ... Clinicians will receive a notice to re-enroll from their
October 2011