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2019 Medicare deductible Medicare deductible will increase very slightly for 2019 and will be $185 ($2 increase from 2018) Medicare fees are being rolled out but we will update members when we are assured they are final as typical in Read more…

As of December 7, 2018, TriWest Healthcare Alliance will be the sole 3rd party administrator for Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) Benefits for the entire nation. TriWest will roll out their expansion in five phases over the next eight weeks. If Read more…

The 2019 codes have been published and now are included in the HJ Ross Info Network. Note these codes can be found by doing a search with “10-1-2018” and this will provide the codes are that are being added, deleted Read more…

2018 HJ Ross Network Member Updates CPT 2018 CPT code 97762 was deleted the code was described as Checkout for orthotic/prosthetic use, established patient, each 15 minutes, 97763 was added and replaced 97762 97763- Orthotic(s)/prosthetic(s) management and/or training, upper extremity(ies), Read more…

2017-2018 Digital Coding Updates   With time there are always changes, additions and updates and the following items have been recently updated in the digital coding library.   Specifically in the Insurance Coverage Guidelines section   Aetna has updated it Read more…

Medicare deductible for 2019 has been published and will go up to $185. The 2018 deductible was $183. Medicare fees are available and in most instances had a slight increase for spinal CMT. Note for all physical medicine codes to Read more…

Mandatory payment reduction of 2 percent continues until further notice for the Medicare FFS program – ‘Sequestration’ Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) claims with dates-of-service or dates-of-discharge on or after April 1, 2013, will continue to incur a 2 percent reduction in Read more…

Noridian Medicare Diagnosis Update Chiropractic Services LCD – R3 There has been an update to the Medicare LCD for Noridian This includes Jurisdiction E – California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam & Northern Mariana Islands. Jurisdiction F – Alaska, Arizona, Read more…