Some Bugs Reported With Start of Geographic Pricing

New rules adopted at the start of the year requiring geographic price modifiers for billing workers' compensation medical claims are not always being followed, causing incorrect payments and potential headaches for providers, according to the chief executive officer of an online medical billing software company. Prior to Jan. 1, workers' comp procedures in California were reimbursed at the same maximum fee no matter where the treatment occurred. Starting at the beginning of the year, however, the Division of Workers' Compensation required billers to use Medicare’s g...