Other Issuances: CMS posts new IPPE FAQs
Medicare Weekly Update, June 21, 2011
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CMS posts IPPE FAQs
CMS has posted a new set of FAQs on the initial preventive physical examination (IPPE), including the following:
- Is there a deductible or coinsurance/copayment for the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)?
- If a beneficiary enrolled in Medicare in 2010, can he or she have the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)in 2011 if it was not performed in 2010?
- Are clinical laboratory tests part of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)?
- Is the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE) the same as a beneficiary’s yearly physical?
- Can a separate Evaluation and Management (E/M) service be billed at the same visit as the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)?
- Who can perform the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE)?
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