CMS eliminating consultations...

hello everyone Happy Monday : )

Has anyone heard any news on the talk about CMS eliminating consultations? I have been looking over the local Medicare website and the CMS website and I am not finding anything. Does anyone know of the decision? Effective dates? or if it even is going to go into effect?

Thanks

CMS and consults

January 1 CMS will stop recognizing consults. Look at the article on the first page of Codapedia.

Press release page on CMS describes changes from Final Rule.

CMS eliminating consults

HA! I didn't even see it! Thanks

cms eliminating consult

I am trying to find this info on the cms website. Can someone help me locate where on cms site I can find this info?

here it is

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3469

cms eliminating consult

Thanks. I checked out that site. I see that the site is for the proposal. Not the final rule. Is their info from cms re the final rule?

CMS eliminating consults

For the press release:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3539&intNumPerPage=10&checkDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5&intPage=&showAll=&pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date

The final rule can be found at:

http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-26502_PI.pdf

It's official.

cms eliminating consult

Thanks!