I was told that beginning 01/01/2008, Blue Cross Blue Shield will no longer recognize surgical global periods. Meaning, a surgery that consists of a global of 90 days will not be referenced by BCBS. Therefore, postoperative visits will not have to be billed and reimbursement is allowed on E/M services in the "global period".
Considering this is unbelievable, I was needing this information in writing. Has anyone heard of this??? Is the above information true? Is the information available on the bcbs website...and if so, where can I locate it? All help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.