Guidance on transitional care codes and preview of 2014 Medicare Fee Schedule

CMS released its proposed rule for next year's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on July 19.

A summary of the proposed rule, including information about next year's payments and other changes for 2014, is posted to the Running a Practice section of ACP's website.

CMS also released additional guidance on using the transitional care management codes 99495 and 99496. Official descriptions of what the services contain and instructions on how to bill the service are in the “CMS MedLearn Matters: TCM Fact Sheet” posted on the ACP website.