tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2023 Issue Q4

Reimbursement: Don’t Let Medicare Participation Myths Hit Your Bottom Line

Non-PAR can have mixed results. Just because you choose “non-PAR” Medicare status for your practice doesn’t mean you’ve opted out entirely. Read on to bust three myths about being a non-participating provider so you can decide the best path for your surgery practice. Myth 1: Non-PAR Means Never Accepting Medicare Patients Going non-participating — or non-PAR for short — is different from completely opting out of Medicare altogether. Non-PAR providers can still see Medicare patients, but they aren’t considered “participating physicians.” A non-PAR provider is still part of the Medicare program and is...

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