by Lynda Marshall | Mar 19, 2023 | Insurance, News
A number of changes to Medicare were passed in late 2022, including an expansion of the providers who can be reimbursed, an extension of telehealth waivers, and a new conversion factor. You can see an easy-to-read summary of these changes written by APA staff...
by Lynda Marshall | Mar 19, 2023 | Insurance, News
Psychologists now have a mechanism to provide and report interprofessional consultations (through telephone, electronic medical records, etc.) for diagnosis and treatment. The new CPT® codes are 99446–99449 and 99451. We caution you to check with your insurer to see...
by Lynda Marshall | Mar 19, 2023 | Advocacy, Insurance
The Increasing Mental Health Options Act (S.669) has been reintroduced in the Senate. As in the last Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sponsored the legislation along with Susan Collins (R-ME), and is joined this year by new Senator (and past House supporter)...
by VPA | Aug 3, 2022 | Insurance
The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act requires that health plans and insurers verify the demographic information for providers every 90 days. BCBSVT has been sending emails requesting this update/verification to providers this year; you may get similar requests...
by VPA | Mar 23, 2022 | Insurance
Providers submitting reconsideration requests to Gainwell Technologies should use the new form that is now located on the Vermont Medicaid website (http://www.vtmedicaid.com/#/forms). This form is to be used for non-timely filing reconsideration requests only; there...
by VPA | Mar 23, 2022 | Insurance
The Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) audit has commenced and will examine sampled claims from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Providers with a sampled claim will receive a medical record request letter from NCI Information Systems, Inc., and are required to...
