DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 12 (December)

NPP Report: Document physician face-to-face time to back split/shared billing

Your carriers report that initial and subsequent hospital services billed as split/shared visits are on the rise. An NPP Report analysis of CMS billing data shows the number of initial hospital care (99221-99223) and subsequent hospital care (99231-99233) services is on a downswing (collectively down to 16.4 million times billed in 2008 from 26.5 million in 2000), but carriers say the services being billed as split/shared is increasing.

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