The key is to treat optimization like an experiment measure, adjust, and let your physiology guide the protocol changes (if any)
C.IngoldI.et al (2019)
The conversion factor is not used to calculate the ASC payment rates for separately payable services that are assigned status indicators other than payment indicators A2, D2, G2, J8, P2, R2, and Z2. These services include separately payable drugs and biologicals, pass-through devices that are contractor-priced, brachytherapy sources that are paid based on the OPPS payment rates, and certain office-based procedures, radiology services, and diagnostic tests where payment is based on the PFS nonfacility PE RVU-based amount, and a few other specific services that receive cost-based payment (77 FR 68500)
Many studies have shown that children who receive intensive early intervention servicesespecially those who receive at least two years of intensive intervention prior to entering elementary schoolexperience significant gains in functional communication, cognitive skills, and behavior and need fewer support services in school
These factors contribute to better reproducibility in research and reduced variability in results
For CY 2026, we proposed to designate CPT code 0810T as a low volume procedure under our universal low volume APC policy, given that there were only 42 combined claims available