Illegal loggers at the frontier of the Peruvian and Brazilian border have mistakenly cut down what experts claim is the world's oldest tree after allegedly not noticing they were logging deeply in Matses Indigenous Reserve, an area were logging is illegal, infuriating local conservation organizations and native indigenous communities.
When benefits allow, Kaiser Permanente will reimburse assistant surgeon charges when the procedure. code is eligible for assistant surgeon reimbursement per Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (CMS) guidelines. Eligible services w hen billed with modifier 80, 81, or 82 will be reimbursed at 16% of. the allowable and when billed with modifier AS will be reimbursed at 13.6% of the allowable.
Medicare as of early 2010 provides a $50 reimbursement per injection when Avastin is used for macular degeneration treatments. In late 2009, eye doctors successfully lobbied to overturn a new Medicare directive that reduced reimbursements for Avastin from $50 to $7 per injection. Medicare's action temporarily forced eye doctors to use Lucentis instead of Avastin.