99221 Initial hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient, requiring 3 key components: a detailed or comprehensive history, a detailed or comprehensive examination, and medical decision-making that is straightforward or of low complexity. Typically, the admitting problem(s) are of low severity with 30 minutes spent [...]
Deleted Hospital Inpatient and Observation Care Service Codes 99217: Observation care discharge day management 99218 – 99220: Initial observation care for evaluation and management, levels 1 – 3 99224 – 99226: Subsequent observation care for evaluation and management, levels 1 – 3 The same codes will now be employed for [...]
Telehealth Acknowledgement of Financial Responsibility Template
CPT CODES FOR CALLS WITH A DOCTOR Codes that refer to phone conversations are billed by duration of call, not level of care: 99441 phone call 5 to 10 minutes of medical discussion 99442 phone call 11 to 20 minutes 99443 phone call 21 to 30 minutes [...]
BILLABLE VIRTUAL SERVICES Physicians are connecting to patients utilizing telecommunication technology in office, hospital, and several other in-person care settings. This includes live audio-video and real-time audio/telephone communications. There have been significant expansions in coverage from both CMS and commercial payers to make sure providers are adequately compensated during [...]
Transitional Care Management (TCM) is the service provided to a patient whose transition from an inpatient medical facility back to their home requires moderate or high-level complex medical decision making. Qualifying facilities for the patient’s inpatient medical stay include inpatient hospital, partial hospital, observation status in a hospital, [...]
There is strategy to making sure patient collections are as sufficient as possible. Here are some of the key components to increase patient billing while making sure your process is thorough and without neglect. Obtaining Patient Information The initial step to ensuring receipt of accurate patient collections [...]
Are you having claim denials due to insufficient medical records? Does your office have concerns about whether your record-keeping system is thorough? The point of a medical record is to enable safe, accurate, and thorough care for your patient. For insurance reimbursement, medical documentation needs to show adequate [...]
Preventive services are the screenings, vaccinations, and counseling services provided to enable the prevention of disease and/or abuse. The most common insurance claim denials are due to inaccurate frequency of these services being billed, the services being provided within an invalid place of service, or the lack [...]
