ClinicAid Blog April 2017 MSP Bulletins

This April has seen a new fee increase across the board, as well as a few small amendments to specific codes, see below for this months updates!Fee Item 02154 amended - Effective April 1, 2017, the note for fee item 02154 "When S02154 done in office, support with appropriate operate report to MSP" is deleted.Fee Item 07601 description amended - Effective April 4, 2017 fee item V07601 is amended to add "(stand-alone procedure)" to titleFee Item 00039 amended - Effective Feb 24, 2017, fee item 00039 note ii) b) is amended to change "two visits" to "one visit" and the eligibility requirements in notes vi) a) and b) are amended.Fee Item 07150 amended - Effective April 1, 2017, fee item PSV07150 note i)is amended to add Respiratory as an eligible specialty.Fee Item 07825 amended - Effective April 4, 2017, the following fee item description has been amended to add "left ventricular" and the fee item has been relocated under the heading "Open Heart Surgery"General Practice Group Medical Visit Amendments - Effective April 4, 2017, the statement "A Group Medical Visit provides 1:1 patient care in a group setting" is deleted from the General Practice Group Medical Visit descriptionFee Item 70718 amended - Effective April 4, 2017, fee item PCV70718 note i) is amended to replace "bile duct dissection" with "bile duct resection".April 1, 2017 fee increase - Effective April 1, 2017, the fee increases funded from the 2017/2018 fee allocation are implemented. ClinicAid automatically updates with the new values as they're released so nothing to be done here!GPSC fee item preamble updates - Effective April 1, 2017, fee item G14016 was amended and note iii) a) was updatedThe description for fee item G14017 was amended and notes x), xiv), xvi), and xvii) updated.Fee item G14033 notes viii) and xi) were amended