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The acronym HCPCS originally stood for HCFA Common Procedure Coding System, a medical billing process used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to 2001, CMS was known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).
Medical billing, a payment process in the United States healthcare system, is the process of reviewing a patient's medical records and using information about their diagnoses and procedures to determine which services are billable and to whom they are billed. [1] This bill is called a claim. [2]
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After a request comes in from a qualified provider, the request will go through the prior authorization process. The process to obtain prior authorization varies from insurer to insurer but typically involves the completion and faxing of a prior authorization form; according to a 2018 report, 88% are either partially or entirely manual.
Under funding from the CMS, PACE provides all services covered by the Medicare and Medicaid. [9] PACE may also cover services outside the scope of Medicare and Medicaid funding, as long as the providers deem the service necessary. [9] Most PACE participants have co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hypertension. [10]
An important aspect of the revenue cycle is compliance with medical coding regulations. Such regulations generally require keeping track of what treatments are provided to patients and for what reason, and medical coding is a standardized way of record such information (and sharing it with third parties, such as insurers).
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