( Continuing with the example of the Screening/Surveillance Colonoscopy cost measure, now presented in Table 69 as an example of implementation of the proposed cost scoring methodology, the median (50th percentile) cost would remain $969.72
We propose to amend 414.1405 by: (1) revising paragraph (g) to read only Performance Threshold Methodology
We believe that addressing the use of transfer of care modifiers, and the resources involved when practitioners who do not furnish the surgical procedure provide post-operative care, are essential steps in aligning payment with the way in which surgical procedures are currently furnished as evidenced in our data, and would make meaningful progress toward more accurate payment for these services in particular and improve relative valuation for PFS services overall
Michael Celestin, PhD, CTTS - Assistant Professor & Director of the Louisiana Tobacco Control Initiative, School of Public Health, LSU Health-New Orleans May 31 is the World Health Organizations World No Tobacco Day, a day to raise awareness of the tobacco epidemic and promote quitting smoking
