DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 4 (April)

Boost revenue with alcohol screenings, counseling sessions

Primary care doctors and non-physician practitioners (NPPs) now can bill annual alcohol screening services for Medicare patients, a chance to be paid for the routine questions about alcohol use they already ask patients. The coverage represents another opportunity CMS created for primary care practices to get paid more money, says Jennifer Searfoss, CEO of Searfoss Consulting Group in Annapolis, Md.

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