This is Riz Hatton with the Becker's Dental Pods L Podcast.
Here's your daily industry news briefing for today. July 17th,
C m s is considering adding new dental codes for ASCs and assigning codes to
ambulatory payment classifications.
In its proposed 2024 hospital outpatient perspective payment system
and a S C payment system rule.
CMS proposed aligning Medicare payment rates for approximately
229 dental codes with provisions in the 2023 physician fee schedule.
By assigning them to APCs.
The organization said July 13th,
that aligning additional dental codes for APCs will result in greater
consistency in Medicare payments for different sites of service and ensure
access to outpatient dental services.
CMS also proposed adding 26 separately payable dental surgical procedures to
the A S C covered procedures list and 78 dental services
to the covered ancillary services list.
The organization said the move would increase access for individuals with
disabilities and other chronic conditions.
C M S will take comments on the proposed rule until September 11th.
The final rule will be published in November.
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