and where comorbidities are either not present or not addressed, and/or when the billing practitioner has not taken responsibility for ongoing medical care for that particular patient with consistency and continuity over time, or does not plan to take responsibility for subsequent, ongoing medical care for that particular patient with consistency and continuity over time (85 FR 84570 and 84571, 88 FR 78971)
Under our proposal, we would consider all covered professional services for purposes of attribution, and not solely the limited range of E/M services currently used for attribution
We stated that we understood that many community-based organizations (CBOs) provide social services and do other work that is beyond the scope of CHI and PIN services, but we believed they are well-positioned to develop relationships with practitioners for providing reasonable and necessary CHI and PIN services
Circulatory disease and smokeless tobacco in Western populations: a review of the evidence
Several commenters responding to the CY 2023 PFS proposed rule also expressed that good oral hygiene, along with routine dental services, contributes to better outcomes for patients
