There are a number of changes to Medicare that practices should know about. This month, we review the most important.

This article addresses the following questions:

• Are there any changes to reimbursement?
• In terms of payment changes, how did eye care fare for 2018?
• Are there any changes to Category I CPT codes for 2018?
• Are there any new CPT Category III codes?
• Are there HCPCS code changes to be aware of?
• Are there new things to be aware of from the Office of the Inspector General?
• Has Medicare made changes of significance to beneficiaries?
• Are there changes to the Quality Payment Program that was new only last year?
• Were there changes to ICD-10?

This article was published in Review of Ophthalmology’s Medicare Q & A column, which is written by Corcoran’s Senior Consultant, Paul M. Larson, MBA, MMSc, COMT, COE, CPC, CPMA. To view the entire article in Review of Ophthalmology, click on the link below:

https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/whats-new-in-the-2018-medicare-update