This edition includes information on hospital price transparency, Part B blood clotting factor furnishing fee guidance, Part B average sales price guidance, and more.
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) review contractor conducts a medical review of randomly sampled post-payment claims. If the claim was billed and paid correctly, the CERT review contractor will issue a “No Error” finding.
This procedure or procedure/modifier combination is not compatible with another procedure or procedure /modifier combination provided on the same day according to the National Correct Coding Initiative.
These checklists are intended to provide healthcare providers with a reference for use when responding to CERT documentation requests for the selected claim sample.
Read the Part A second quarter edition of the CERT Insider's Guide to learn more about claim errors assessed during the CERT review process and ways to mitigate these errors in the future.