This checklist is intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when responding to additional documentation requests for psychotherapy services.
CMS has implemented the prior authorization program for certain repetitive, scheduled non-emergent ambulance transports in Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Learn more about the program and how you can participate.
Facet joint interventions may be used in pain management for chronic cervical/thoracic and lumbar/sacral pain arising from the paravertebral facet joints. Imaging guidance (fluoroscopy or CT per code descriptor) is used to assure accurate p…
This checklist is intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when responding to additional documentation requests for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) services.
This checklist is an aid to assist providers when responding to medical record documentation requests pertaining to community mental health centers (CMHC) or partial hospitalization program (PHP).
This checklist is intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when responding to additional documentation requests for vascular stenting lower extremities (CPT 37227) and endovascular revascularization (CPT 37229).
This checklist is being provided as a tool to assist providers when responding to medical record documentation requests for cardiac rehabilitation services.
This article has been revised to include instructions for completing the PAR, the PAR review and decision process, guidance on multiple or staged procedures, as well as best practices, tips and reminders related to the PAR.
Blepharoplasty, blepharoptosis repair and brow lift are surgeries that may be performed to improve function or provided strictly for cosmetic reasons. Functional or reconstructive eyelid surgery is performed to improve abnormal function, re…