[Histonet] NCCI policy update

[O'Donnell, Bill]

I would expect the trend to go toward specimen and not block, perhaps
even case and not specimen. It comes down to health care cost reduction
and health-care reform which are turning out to be the  same thing. I
don' care who's holding the wheel, so long as gov't is doing the
driving, we can expect this sort of thing.  - Have a great new year -
Bill

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Dorothy L
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 12:33 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] NCCI policy update

Is everyone aware that beginning 1/1/12, we can no longer bill for each
block regarding IHC billing, only one unit of billing for each part type
no matter how many blocks are stained?  Also IHC "cocktail" stains, such
as PIN4 must now be billed as one unit even though multiple antibodies
are reported out.

Kind of a surprising reversal of the policy set in motion 10/1/2009.
SPECIMEN becomes the unit of service rather than block(s) for IHC codes
88342, 88360, and 88361.

Happy New Year to everyone out there.  May 2012 find you happiness and
health!

Dorothy Webb, HT
Regions Histology TS
651-254-2962



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