Screening for cervical cancer with HPV testing
Physician Practice Insider, February 23, 2016
On February 5, CMS released a change request stating CMS has determined that for dates of service on or after July 9, 2015, evidence is sufficient to add HPV testing under specified conditions.
Effective date: July 9, 2015
Implementation date: March 7, 2016, for non-shared MAC edits; July 5, 2016, for CWF analysis and design; October 3, 2016, for CWF Coding, Testing and Implementation, MCS, and FISS Implementation; January 3, 2017, for Requirement BR9434.04.8.2
View Transmittal R3460CP.
View Transmittal R189NCD.
This article was originally published on Medicare Compliance Watch.
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