Anyone know what is happening to Codingline?
I got an email that Codingline is closing as of Dec 31, 2023. This is terrible news, this was the best podiatry billing and coding resource anywhere. Has anyone heard what happened? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 2, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Creflo Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
"Incident-To" (Supervisory) Billing with Headway and/or Hello Alma
Hello all!
I am an early-career psychologist who has been paneled with Alma for a few years. My caseload is about 50% private pay and 50% insurance (providing Telehealth services in New York State). I only accept Aetna through Alma.
My question is this:
Is it possible to bill Aetna (through Alma/Headway) for services provided by supervisees (psychologists or mental health counselors who are accruing hours toward licensure). Aetna allows incident-to billing (supervisory billing),...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: PX1985 Tags: Psychology [Psy.D. / Ph.D.] Source Type: forums
Physician Owned Billing Company in Virginia
Hello everyone.
I wanted to share that myself and about a dozen other Anesthesiologists have founded a physician-owned anesthesia billing company affiliated with our private practice in Roanoke, Va. Our model is boutique service for small to medium size groups, providing service and transparency beyond what is provided by national firms.
Our plan is to grow slowly and carefully, but we have been successful and feel very prepared to take on one or two more clients at this time.
This is...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: toddlasher Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
getting paid for nursing home patients?
hello all,
I'm looking for some advice. I have a friend who has a billing company that kinda specializes in nursing home care. We partnered up and I have taken on quite a few patients in about 4 or 5 homes. We have been going on for about a month. My only hang up, is that I am not familiar with the logistics in this space. billing aside, How are docs usually compensated in these scenarios? The staff is usually calling me and I have to do all these orders and mindless paperwork, but I...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: beebermd Tags: Family Medicine Source Type: forums
Clearing Houses for billing
For those in private practice, which clearing house do you use? What are the pros and cons?
Have you noticed big differences between clearing houses? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Steveington Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
EMR/EHR experiences.
Which EMR do you use and what are the pros and cons? Hospital vs private practice?
Here is my limited knowledge.
Athena - takes 8% in billing. It took a couple weeks to get used to all the clicking. Not an intuitive design. I don't know monthly cost.
NextGen - This was easy to use for nursing home work. Avg note time 1-5 mins. I do not know its monthly cost nor billing options.
CPRS - This is used by the VA system so its free. Lots and lots of clicking but everything was free for...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: p100 Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
Anyone else think its bogus our start up units are reimbursed based on the surgery itself?
Anyone think its annoying that our base units are reimbursed based on the reimbursement of the surgery itself? Like we get 13 units for a ACDF, but 4 units for a prone leg stab phlebectomy, or a prone back mass excision. 5 units for a BiV ICD in a guy with an EF of 10%. Do you think billing codes will ever change to fit the risk of the procedure vs just the surgical compensation? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - June 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrOwnage Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Billing while Moonlighting
So I'm about to start PGY-4 and have been faced with a Hospital/CPEP raising concerns about possible billing limitations because I am still a resident. I wonder if anyone has had to navigate this.
Thank you very much. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Vasanervo Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Coding questions
1) For SIJ in an ASC, I just learned that Medicare wants g0260 and 77002, NOT 27096. Does anyone know whether this is true fur any private insurances?
2) Medicare says a facet joint cyst aspiration/rupture is 64999... are any of you billing this? I have heard the code doesn't pay anything. I previously had been billing a 1 level facet joint injection and if I do a TFESI I will also bill the TFESI. Now I"m not sure what's correct? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MD87 Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Hardware block billing
Local surgeon requested a hardware block of L4-S1 fusion.
Been a while and I’m wondering about billing.
He wants me to block all six screw points
Seems like more than a TPI, actually close to an MBB.
Debating how to auth and what to bill for this? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 28, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: bedrock Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Basic orthopedic course for GPs
Hey all,
I'm an orthopedic surgeon putting together a course teaching general practitioners everything there is to know about diagnosis and management of the most common musculoskeletal complaints that come into your clinic, including performing basic procedures/injections and coding/billing for them. I was looking for feedback. Is this something anyone would be interested in?
Thanks for your time. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 2, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ZSOrthoMD Tags: Family Medicine Source Type: forums
Volume and billing
Hey all,
How many patients do you guys typically see in a day?
Do your billers go with whatever you code or do they change billing codes ? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 28, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Iamnew2 Tags: PM&R Source Type: forums
Billing
How do you guys do your billing ? I work in pp and use epic for our emr. We print out the billing anesthesia record from epic and staple it to our billing slip. Then send it to a billing company who takes a percentage and bills for us. I feel like this is extremely inefficient since everything we write on the billing slip is already recorded on epic and a huge waste of paper. We also have had rare chances that billing company makes mistake or the billing slip is missing. Just curious if...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 26, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Simba1711 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Coding mbb/rfa
Has this changed again?
I thought it was -50 for the 1st level and x2 for the 2nd level?
The biller disagrees and I can’t find a good resource to settle the matter.
Article - Billing and Coding: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management (A58405)
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BobBarker Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
RVU goals and expectations
Hi all, I'm on the trail for PCCM jobs and was offered an academic position in a large coastal metroplex. They quoted a wRVU goal of 6200 with a bonus of $30 per wRVU over that. I'm new to billing side of things. How attainable or "busy" is the RVU goal and is this typically attached on all academic or PP jobs? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ecmoelmo Tags: Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine Source Type: forums
