Archive for The Day of April 27th, 2007
Archive for the Day of April 27th, 2007
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of April 27th, 2007.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during April 27th, 2007.
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Reimbursements For Therapy Medical Billing
One of the biggest eyebrow raisers for carriers as far as medical billing claims go are any claim submitted for reimbursement for therapy based medical billing claims. Most therapy claims are 100% legitimate but because of the amount of fraud that has been perpetrated by a few unscrupulous individuals all of these types of claims get closer looks than ever. One way to insure your claims are submitted correctly is to make sure the documentation is done absolutely accurately in your therapy department. In a recent audit of claims, the CMS found that the number one error in reporting therapy medical billing claims is with the minutes billed. Make sure …
Don’t Make Mistakes On Admission Codes
As you know, a hospital admission requires face-to-face service. However a common dilemma that many medical billers find themselves in is when a surgeon “admits” the patient and then isn’t present when the patient arrives at the hospital to check in. In most cases the physician will dictate the history and physical (H&P) over the phone to the hospital and then send the patient over, however the dilemma for the medical billing occurs over the fact that the face-to-face interaction between physician and patient doesn’t occur until the following day. First of all, your dates must correspond. If the physician doesn’t see the patient in the hospital that day (performing …
