tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 15

SURGERY REVENUE BOOSTER: Cap Could Be Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity -- To Lose Money

Take the time to capture your surgeon's time for pre-operative visitsSurgery practices: Asking a few questions up front could make a huge difference to your financial health. For example: Many insurers are now imposing financial limitations on colorectal procedures, especially bariatric and weight-loss surgeries. In some cases, a patient may have a lifetime limit on gastric surgeries as low as $25,000, says Arlene Morrow, president of AM Associates in Tampa, FL. So surgeons may be treating a patient for abdominal pain or some other gastrointestinal diagnosis, and only finding out afterward that the patient has already used up...

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