Health Care Reform
New Medicare payment for chronic care management
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- Last Updated: 08 January 2016 08 January 2016
Beginning January 1, 2015, Medicare pays separately under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule CPT code 99490, for non-face-to-face care coordination services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. Learn more.
Updated Medicare and Massachusetts Health Insurance Benefits under the Affordable Care Act
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- Last Updated: 08 January 2016 08 January 2016
With the present implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act (the new federal health care law), it is useful to review and update some of the eligibility requirements for medical benefits under Medicare and, in Massachusetts, for Medicaid and the Health Care Safety Net.