Avoid negative impacts to your claims by providing the medical records for the laboratory, pathology and other codes claims submissions indicated in this article. First Coast requests specific documentation with submission of these codes. P…
If you’re a new or seasoned provider billing dental services to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, or original Medicare, this article guides you through recently clarified payment provisions for dental services in 2023, the provider enrollment…
Medicare approved the groundbreaking new cell-based gene therapy drug, Encelto, for use in the ambulatory surgical center setting, effective for claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2025. This article details how to bill for…
Medicare covers behavioral, mental and psychiatric health services that may improve outcomes for Medicare patients. For more information, please view this article and share these valuable resources and references with your patients.
Some clinical laboratories in our jurisdiction are charging patients prior to performing services, a potential assignment violation. This article outlines Medicare regulations and potential penalties applicable to laboratories.
CMS entered into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which allows First Coast to recover duplicate payments for the same services made to providers by both Medicare and the VA. This recovery effort is referred to as t…
First Coast rejects claims returned to a provider more than three times with reason code 70RTP. Read this article to learn more about this reason code.