The patient called for an urgent visit that disrupted your regularly scheduled office hours. Can you get paid at a higher level for providing … [Read more...]
Can I get paid for…signing the home health certification form
An Overview of Home Health Certification CPT® CMS pays a small fee for the planning, certification, supervision and re-certification of home health … [Read more...]
Can I get paid for…nurse visits
Nurse visits - when can you bill for them, and when are the services of the nurse just part of the cost of doing business? Download … [Read more...]
Can I get paid for…travel counseling
So your patient is going to the Galapagos, and wants your advice. Can you get paid for travel counseling? This short video has the answer. Download … [Read more...]
Can I get paid for…a problem oriented visit and wellness visit on the same day
Patients who come into the office for a physical or wellness visit often have a problem they want to discuss, or chronic conditions that need to be … [Read more...]
Can I get paid to…discuss end of life planning with a patient’s child
In 2016, CMS began paying for physicians, NPs and PAs to have a discussion about end of life planning with patients. Find out more in this short … [Read more...]
Performing services that increase primary care revenue
CMS states it wants to increase pay to primary care physicians. And while we might quarrel with their strategies or with the speed of achieving the … [Read more...]
Overview of advance care planning
Advance Care Planning CPT® Codes Overview Medical practices perform countless tasks every day for which there is no payment. CMS continually states … [Read more...]
Pecked by a parrot. Oh no, not again!
When we first implemented ICD-10, we all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that … [Read more...]
Prescription drug management and medical decision making (MDM)
Whether selecting a level of service for an E/M encounter, the question arises about what counts as prescription drug management. In both sets of … [Read more...]
Coding for Screening Colonoscopy
An Overview of Colonoscopy Coding Guidelines A screening colonoscopy should have no patient due amount for an insured patient. Both deductible … [Read more...]
No Chart Left Behind: Deadline to Complete Medical Records
Years ago, I worked with a physician who was chronically behind in dictating his notes. The charts were crammed into boxes by date, lining the walls … [Read more...]
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