Archive for the Week of January 5, 2007
Archive for the Week of January 5, 2007
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the week of January 5, 2007.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the week of January 5, 2007.
You can browse this week's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.
Reporting Your Ulcer Treatment Claims Correctly
Often, patients who are confined to beds for long periods of time develop pressure ulcers. They are painful and need to be treated as quickly as possible as infections can set up within them that can be life threatening when the patient is already in a weakened condition. When a service is performed for a patient such as treatment of a pressure ulcer on an area of the body such as the lower back, the usual manner of treatment is to remove any devitalized tissue from the ulcer using a water jet and forceps. The area is then covered to allow it to not be rubbed on so the skin …
What About Modifier Q6?
Remember when medical billing used to be a simple affair of matching the procedure done with a couple of medical billing codes to describe what was done, attaching your documentation and then submitting your medical billing claim for reimbursement? Now we have codes for codes and modifiers and the need to when to bundle and when to not bundle with the goal being fair reimbursement for procedures done. Modifiers cause a lot of confusion for many medical billers. One such confusing modifier that is worth clarifying is Q6. This applies to Medicare medical billing claims only, but in a nutshell when one of your staff physicians takes a leave of …
Correct Coding for Long Term Care Medical Billing Claims
Long term care medical billing has it’s own set of nuances that must be followed in order to ensure that you receive proper reimbursements for the services you provide. Since nearly every patient you treat will have a long term history of care – it’s sometimes tempting to skimp on the medical documentation and necessity but since you have no way of knowing who is going to review your claim, you need to handle every claim as a fully individual manner complete with full documentation or you may wind up with partially paid claims or outright denials of your medical billing claims. One important thing to learn is when you …
Make the Switch to Outsourcing for 2007
Outsourcing your medical billing claims to a third party partner may be one of the smartest business moves you make in 2007. You may have had every intention of doing your own medical billing for your practice from the day you opened until the day you retired, however with the never ending changes and nuances in medical billing claims varying from cancelled codes to nonpayment of certain procedures because they simply weren’t reported correctly – there comes a time when you need to look at your revenue flow from your reimbursements and decide it might be time to outsource your medical billing claims. Another reason to outsource is the small …
Sure Fire Reimbursement Techniques On Your FBR Medical Billing Claims
When you’re reporting a medical billing claim for foreign body removal (FBR) from the eye on many occasions you may not be getting the full reimbursement that is due because you might be missing something extra. A good example is if a patient presents to the ED with a foreign body in her left eye. The ED physician performs a removal of the foreign body and uses a slit lamp in the procedure. A level three evaluation was also performed to check for additional injury caused by the presence of the foreign body. In most cases, you’ll be able to report a pair of CPT codes. One for the ED …
