tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 30

Part B Billing: Know the Rules About Collecting Deductibles Up-Front

Navigate your way when carriers give you conflicting advice about deductibles, but use business sense as well as compliance know-howCollecting deductibles from patients has never been more difficult -- between determining whether the patient has secondary coverage and seeking answers on whether they've already met their deductible, you could lose an hour of your time.Payer confusion only adds more difficulty to the process. One subscriber wrote to the Insider and explained that her carrier told her it was illegal to collect a deductible from a patient before receiving an EOB from the insurer.Is this accurate? No...

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