Archive for The Day of May 2nd, 2006
Archive for the Day of May 2nd, 2006
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of May 2nd, 2006.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during May 2nd, 2006.
You can browse this day's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.
Incorrect Medical Coding Can Cost You
Incorrect coding of your medical billing claims is the number one reason for loss of revenue in most practices. Simply put, if you’re not coding correctly, you’re losing money. Sometimes your medical billing claims will be partially paid, other times they will be completely denied. This causes lost time because your staff will need to go back, pull the file, verify what procedure was done, look up the code to make sure it hasn’t change and refile and resubmit the claim. When you consider on the average about 30% of paper claims are denied or kicked back for errors, throw in the fact sometimes medical billing codes can change 4 …
New Coding For Educational Services
You may already be tearing your hair out trying to keep up with the ever-changing CPT codings and relearning the newly changed codes on your superbill. There were also 3 low-key series additions that describe educational services that you may provide. Education and Training For Patient Self Management includes the following codes: * 98960–Education and training for patient self-management by a qualified, nonphysician healthcare professional using a standardized curriculum, face-to-face with the patient (could include caregiver/family) each 30 minutes; individual patient. * 98961–… 2-4 patients * 98962–… 5-8 patients. Reserve Self-Management for Non-MD Education is another set that was added and includes the range of codes from (96150-96155). Only non-physicians …
