Summary of policies in the calendar year (CY) 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule and Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee payment amount
Physician Practice Insider, January 12, 2016
On December 18, 2015, CMS released a change request providing a summary of the policies in the CY 2016 MPFS final rule and announced the Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee payment amount. The attached recurring update notification applies to Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, section 190.6.
Effective date: January 1, 2016
Implementation date: January 4, 2016
View Transmittal R3423CP.
View MLN Matters article MM9476.
This article was originally published on Medicare Compliance Watch.
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