Quick reference preventive services
Hi Karen/Sharon:Would you be able to help me locatie MLN Medicare Preventive services quick reference information document. It lists all of the vaccinations and other preventive codes and comes in...
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Well, that wasn't a very pretty link. It opens a pdf document. I googled these terms: medicare preventive services quick reference ... and I think it was the very first item.
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Thanks Sharon. But this one has the date May 2012. So not sure if there would be another one for 2013. I am looking for 90743 which appears to be valid and payable on this document but is not there on...
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90743 is hep b for adolescents. Shouldn't Vaccines for Children be providing these vax? Here is the 2013 info for Novitas: htt...Read More
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Actually i menat 90746 sorry. However that is also not teh most accurate because we are looking for a comparable code to 90636 (Twinrix) which is a combination of A/B but Medicare does not pay for...
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As you said 90636 falls under non covered under WPS I can't locate a combination of A/B that Medicare covers or even a code to fit that. Both of those codes are considered preventative and by that...
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It may be covered under some Part D plans and Medicare Advantage plans but have yet to find out which code to use and you may have to get prior authorization for Advantage Plans to see if it will go...
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Thanks Sharon/KAren for taking th etime to look into this. I shared all this with the provider too. I will see what he plans on doing now.btw, Medicaid pays for 90636 which is why my new client had...
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You would think they would cover it or find a comparable code it's not a new vaccine, sometimes it just a matter of what Medicare will and won't pay for.
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The problem is the hep A part of the vax. Hep B is covered by law; Hep A is not. Medicare: With the exception of vaccinations for pneumococcal pneumonia, hepatitis B, and influenza, which are...
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