Multiple intermittent catheterization attempts can cause anxiety and stress and can traumatize the urethra. Diane Newman discusses the importance of understanding the benefits of the catheter tip to ...

Don Darais and Diane Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, BCB-PMD, FAAN In this discussion, Diane Newman, a Urologic Nurse Practitioner and Don Darais, the Associate Director of US Marketing for ConvaTec, explore the ...

WASHINGTON – CMS has issued a final rule that addresses suspicious billing activity within the Medicare Shared Savings Program that resulted in an increase in DMEPOS billing for certain intermittent ...

A4353 (Intermittent urinary catheter with insertion supplies) 4. CMS uses claims data from Medicare Parts A and B to calculate various factors in MSSP, including expenditures for ACO-assigned ...

It details that two codes, both for different types of intermittent ... had not received catheters and weren’t billed directly. Other physicians did not order supplies, and they often weren ...

intermittent urinary catheter, with insertion supplies 3. Payments for these codes are excluded. Codes are considered suspect when there is an unexplained spike in claims either in volume or dollar ...

Effective October 15, a new Final Rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow the Medicare Shared Savings ...

Medicare billing for codes A4352 and A4353, both intermittent urinary catheters ... similar concerns about spiking spending for diabetes supplies and skin grafts, and suggested the CMS do ...

When this happens, a sterile, flexible tube called a urinary catheter is inserted into the urethra (where urine leaves the body) and is gently pushed up until the end rests in your bladder. The ...

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