The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released a report summarizing Medicare’s improper payments to physicians, who didn’t always comply with federal requirements when billing for surgical services. The improper billing reported includes missing co-surgery and assistant-at-surgery modifiers.

Review the Medicare Learning Network Global Surgery (PDF) booklet, for Global Surgery guidance on:  Coding, Billing, Payments and updates.Sporcr

Source: mln Connects Newsletter; oig.hhs.gov