OIG Posts FY 2010 Work Plan
Chicago —
(October 6, 2009)
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has posted its work plan for FY 2010.
Of particular interest to anesthesiologists and pain physicians, the work plan includes the following areas of focus:
- The
OIG will “review Medicare claims to determine the appropriateness of
Medicare Part B payments for transforaminal epidural injections” (page
19).
- The
OIG also review the extent to which physicians reassign their Medicare
benefits to other entities, as well as provider compliance with
Medicare assignment rules (pages 17-18).
- The
OIG will review industry practices related to E&M billing during
the global surgery period to see if industry practices have changed
since the global surgery fee concept was developed in 1992 (page 15).
The results of this review will be of interest, as anesthesiologists
sometimes bill for E&M services pertaining to post-op pain services
during the global surgery period.
- The OIG will review physician claims for proper place-of-service coding (page 15).
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Anesthesiologists: Physicians providing the lifeline of modern medicine. Founded in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific association with 46,000 members organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient.
For more information on the field of anesthesiology, visit the American Society of Anesthesiologists Web site at www.asahq.org. For patient information, visit LifeLineToModernMedicine.com
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