DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 5 (May)

Private payers determine ‘medical necessity’ of imaging services

You are not alone if you must ask your private insurance companies to authorize a diagnostic imaging test before you render it to your patient. There’s been an uptick in private payers screening cardiology and other imaging services before allowing them to be performed on the patient, some experts tell Part B News. But a quick chat with your patients’ carriers could get you paid faster and cut down unnecessary administrative legwork.

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the DecisionHealth Newsletters.

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.