Evaluation and Management (EM)

Access these helpful resources for more information about evaluation and management (E/M) services.

• Evaluation and Management Services Guide, CMS MLN Product 
• CMS guidelines for consultations — Pub. 100-04, Chapter 12, Section 30.6.10 (PDF)
• CMS guidelines for E/M services, including split and shared services — Pub. 100-04, Chapter 12, Section 30.6 (PDF)
• CMS guidelines for incident-to services — Pub. 100-02, Chapter 15, Section 60 (PDF)

The CY2022 CMS guidance regarding Split/Shared, Critical Care and other services is located in the following CMS publications:

• MM12550 IOM Manual Updates for Critical Care Evaluation and Management Services
• MM12543 IOM Updates for Critical care, Split/Shared Evaluation and Management Visits, Teaching Physicians, and Physician Assistants

Palmetto GBA is in the process of updating our web education related to these services based on the CMS guidelines and will notify our provider community through the jurisdictional websites and our Email Updates messaging. Please review the articles above for full details.