Archive for The Month of December, 2005

Archive for the Month of December, 2005

Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the month of December, 2005.

Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the month of December, 2005.

You can browse this month's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.

Rechargeable Neurostimulator Medical Billing Codes

Rechargeable Neurostimulator Medical Billing Codes The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are staying current with the times when it comes to medical billing. New medical procedures are created each and every day. Some of these new services are covered by CMS while others are not. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided to cover rechargeable Neurostimulator codes. Effective on January 1, 2006, new Healthcare common procedural coding system (HCPCS) codes will be implemented. These medical billing codes cover rechargeable neurostimulators like the Precision SCS system. The Precision SCS system allows patients some relief from pain by masking it with electrical signals sent to the spinal cord. Usually

Should You do Medical Billing for Excision or Incision?

Should You do Medical Billing for Excision or Incision? The two medical billing terms excision and incision sound quite similar, but they are actually quite different in definition. There are certain situations in which it can be very confusing whether an incision & drainage code should be used, or and excision code. If you know the rules, the question of when to bill for an excision over an incision & drainage is a simple medical billing rule. Let’s look at an example. Your surgeon has a patient that has a sebaceous cyst. He/she needs to check and see if that cyst is benign or malignant. The surgeon goes in with

Medical Billing Bounty Hunters are your Friends

Medical Billing Bounty Hunters are your Friends We all know overpayments are a problem in the medical billing field, but what about the underpayments. Underpayments hinder medical practices much more than overpayments. Medical billing overpayments only get the spotlight because the federal government has something to loose if they overpay a medical practice. Now, however, underpayments are getting the attention they deserve from the United States. Currently, there is a recovery audit contract demonstration project in affect. This project is designed to improve the accuracy and quality of medical billing. During the project, if the auditors found a medical billing overpayment, they would get a percentage of that amount as

Medical Billing Mistakes Can Cost Your Thousands

Medical Billing Mistakes Can Cost Your Thousands Don’t let the federal government’s mistake cause your medical billing reimbursement to suffer. In September 2005, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that certain homecare contractors had made a medical billing mistake. It appears they had denied physicians payment for homecare services that should have been reimbursable. This medical billing error has negatively effected many organizations since then. The Medicare denial of payment effected the skilled nursing facilities especially. When physicians did not receive payment for necessary services, they ended up charging the care facilities directly. Unfortunately, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made a mistake. There were several services

Excision Medical billing Made Simple

Excision Medical billing Made Simple Excision and Lesion medical billing can leave many doubts in your employees’ minds. There are so many gray areas that one can run into. There are several excision medical billing scenarios that can easily be cleared up with a simple explanation. Simple Excision (with referral)In medical billing, you will learn that many times services are included in the fees of another service. For example, if a general practice physician refers a patient to your surgeon’s office to check a mole, your surgeon might take one look at the mole and immediately remove it in the office. When it comes to the medical billing of this

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