When can pre-op history and physical be billed?
When can a nurse practitioner bill under a physician's number?
Can out-of-office protimes monitoring be billed?
Are physicians required to hire certified coders?
Q. Can you use a modifier "-58" when a patient comes in for postoperative follow-up, and you apply a new cast?
Q. If, while in my office, I discharge a patient from a nursing home or skilled nursing facility, can I bill Medicare or the patient for the discharge?
May 15, 2008
By:
Don Self
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Q. A previous article stated there was not a way to obtain reimbursement for phone consultation. Do recent changes in Medicare law allow for reimbursement for coordination of care using codes 99339-99340?
Q. Can a physician bill for a hospital's nurse practitioner who rounds with his group?
Q. I am a family physician. Another physician recently joined the practice. She is self-employed. Her earnings are based on production minus overhead and will be for the first year. We are not a legal entity at this time; that is, we are not a partnership or a corporation. When she sees one of my established Medicare patients in my absence, does she charge for a new patient visit or an established visit?
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