Today was the 11th and today was the date that CMS said the carriers have to be using the revised 2012 Medicare Allowed amounts.  Hopefully, you have held your Medicare claims for the first couple of weeks of this year so that you won't have the same problems that we had in 2010 and 2011 with delayed adjustments as that was a royal pain.   If you've been on my site in the past week, you also know that the 2012 Medicare allowed amounts are downloadable on the link on the left in Excel for every locality.  You also can go to my new Documents Page and download the 2012 Global fee periods, 2012 lab allowed amounts, HCPCs listings and more.   Also - I have 2 new testimonials about how recommendations we made have helped GREATLY improve patient care, so please take the time to read those as that is what the true benefit of my advice is going to achieve.  It's not about the money - it's about improving patient care and the money WILL follow!  I hope you like the new format and I hope to give you updates on this page daily or every other day - so check back often.

Don