tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 1999 Issue 2

Independent ED Physician's Survival Guide to Medicare Reassignment Prohibitions

Editors Note: Although ECAs primary focus is on emergency coding and documentation, we also attempt to cover significant issues that effect emergency medicine billing and reimbursement. This article deals with establishing a billing mechanism for independent contractor emergency physicians that complies with the recent, new interpretation of Medicares reassignment of payment rules by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).Whether you are an independent emergency physician contractor working at three different emergency departments, an emergency medicine billing company providing services to several large emergency practice groups, or a hospital that handles billing for its ED, Medicares recent crackdown on...

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