CMS News: New CPT Code

The big news for primary care practices is that CMS has finalized rules for paying for another non-face-to-face service, chronic care management. And, instead of developing a HCPCS code, CMS is using a new CPT code. Everyone can read the rules in their 2015 CPT book. The code is 99490 and it is out of sequence. I’ve written about it on my blog, and you can read it here.