tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2014 Issue 9

Part B Mythbuster: Don't Throw Away Thousands of Dollars

Billing x-ray charges appropriately can make all the difference. Think the x-rays that you shoot or interpret during the global period aren’t billable to Medicare because payers include these charges in the surgical package? You might be surprised at how this belief is impacting your bottom line. Reality: Practices that don’t bill their x-ray charges are throwing away thousands of dollars in rightful reimbursement. Scenario: An established patient reports to your office with pain, swelling, and tenderness of the left wrist and forearm. The physician diagnoses the patient with a buckle fracture of the wrist, which he...

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