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.

Medical Billing Reductions for Home Oxygen

Medical Billing Reductions for Home Oxygen Medical billing reimbursements may change for home oxygen providers. Currently, the HHS Office of Inspector General is circulating a survey about oxygen. Providers should beware of this survey. The HHS Office of Inspector General may use this survey to lower medical billing reimbursement rates. Lower medical billing reimbursement rates would be acceptable if they were correctly granted. However, the survey, and the HHS Office of Inspector General is not taking pertinent information into consideration. The survey fails to cover the services that accompany the oxygen therapy. Services that routinely do not require any documentation with medical billing have especially been forgotten. None the less,

End Your Well Visit Denial of Claims

End Your Well Visit Denial of Claims Keep a close eye on payers after correctly performing medical billing! There can be inconsistencies with how a payer interprets coding procedures and how a practice interprets them. Currently there is an inconsistency with how to bill current procedure code 96110. The medical billing code 96110 should be separately reimbursable and not bundled with well exam codes as long as quality instruments are utilized. 96110 means: developmental testing; limited, (e.g. developmental screening test II, early language milestone screen), with interpretation and report. The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Coding and Nomenclature reports that it is perfectly acceptable in medical billing to charge

Power Mobility Codes Will Be Delayed By CMS

Power Mobility Codes Will Be Delayed By CMS Power mobility medical billing changes are on the horizon. There have been several thing cooking in the power mobility CMS kitchen. There will be new medical billing codes and a revision to the local coverage determination (LCD) for power mobility devices. Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has delayed the release of the medical billing changes. On October 14th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that they would be delaying the release of the 62 power mobility device codes. This also means there will be a delay for the local coverage determinations for medical billing. This delay is

Medical Billing News : New CPT Codings

Medical Billing News : New CPT Codings New 2006 medical billing codes may make your job a lot more clear. There are several new codes effective in 2006 that more accurately describe medical services performed by your practice. Using these new codes may make your medical billing job easier. One set of new codes effective in 2006 is the Auditory Rehab medical billing codes. Not only is there a new code for the auditory rehab evaluation status: 92626 (first hour), but there is also a new code for the actual rehab. This new rehab code is 92630 (pre-lingual hearing loss). A post-lingual hearing loss medical billing code will be in

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