Jan 7, 2012 | Medical billing basics
PATIENT TYPE For purposes of billing for E/M services, patients are identified as either new or established, depending on previous encounters with the provider. A new patient is defined as an individual who has not received any professional services from the...
Jan 3, 2012 | Medical billing basics
New Waived Tests Effective Date : January 1, 2012Implementation Date : January 3, 2012 STOP- Impact to youIf you do not have a valid, current, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1998 (CLIA) certificate and submit a claim to your Medicare Carrier or...
Dec 29, 2011 | Medical billing basics
CPT 99212 checklist Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, which requires at least 2 of these 3 key components For code 99212, the office or other outpatient visit is for the evaluation and management of an...
Dec 27, 2011 | Medical billing basics
CPT 99212 vs 99213 There is set of Evaluation and Management Guidelines that appear every year that the provider must become aware of. There are several physicians who might be wondering whether to use coding 99212 or 99213 this will help you to go through any...
Dec 24, 2011 | Medical billing basics
CPT 99354 – Prolonged physician service in the office or other outpatient setting, requiring direct (face-to-face) patient contact beyond the usual service – first hour (List separately in addition to code for office or other outpatient Evaluation and Management...
Dec 21, 2011 | Medical billing basics
Registration Eligible Professional Registration at the national level for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program opened in January 2011. However, the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is administered individually by each state, therefore registration start dates vary from...
