Archive for the Week of September 29, 2007
Archive for the Week of September 29, 2007
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the week of September 29, 2007.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the week of September 29, 2007.
You can browse this week's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.
Break Out Well-Woman-Care Visits For Better Reimbursements
A little known fact about well-woman care is that in many cases, you can break out the breast exam and pap smear and realize a reimbursement for both procedures if the patient is covered by Medicare. If the physician provides a complete well-woman exam for a Medicare patient, you should report G0101 (Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination) for the breast and pelvic exams. When the physician also obtains a Pap smear, use Q0091 (Screening Papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory)and this will enable your practice to realize a reimbursement for both services. Just make sure that you have …
Taking the Headache Out of Credentialing
Are you swamped? So overwhelmed with patients, billing, invoices, emergencies and other day to day practice worries that you don’t even have the time to get yourself credentialed with all the carriers possible. No one has to tell you that the more insurances you accept, the more patients you can see and the more revenue you can generate for your practice. Credentialing is the key. Did you know your medical billing partner can take some of the heat off you and not only compile and submit your medical billing, they can also get your practice credentialed with any carrier you choose. If you have a busy practice, you may be …
Servicing Hospitals? Know Your CCR
Your provider number has a strong impact on your medical billing cost to charge ratio (CCR). If your hospital is merging with another hospital, it is important to figure in the possibly new Cost to Charge Ratio medical billing payments you will receive. There are two avenues merging hospitals can take. The first method is when two hospitals merge together while one of the existing provider numbers is kept in tact. In this instance, one hospital keeps their medical billing number, while the other one drops theirs and joins the first. The hospital that drops their medical billing provider number will receive a new cost to charge ratio. The ratio …
