Contractor Coding Difficulties Argue For Increased HCFA Funding - MGMA
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicare intermediary contractors likely will have difficulty processing the new codes for colonoscopy procedures when coverage rules change July 1, Jyl Bradley, representing the Medical Group Management Association, testified April 4 at a joint hearing of the House Energy & Commerce/Health and Oversight Subcommittees.
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