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Provider billing 20611 with out image or separte report

Below I have pasted the procedure note from document. This is all that is being report with the US guidance. We fell the 20611 is correct and the code he should be using is the 20610. Any advice please even if you agree is helpful. Again there is no image of the US in the chart. Provider thinks as long as its stored in the US machine he doesn’t need to print out and have the image imported into the patients chart.

Procedures:
Procedure: Left Intra-articular Hip Joint Injection with Ultrasound Guidance
The procedure, alternate treatment options, risks and benefits were explained to the patient and informed consent was obtained. Bony landmarks, femoral vessels and joint space were identified using the ultrasound device. The area was prepped in the usual sterile fashion with betadine. Local anesthesia achieved using Ethyl Chloride spray. Lidocaine 1% without epinephrine (10mL) and Dexamethasone 8mg was injected into the joint using a 22g spinal needle (3.5”) from an anterior approach under ultrasound guidance.

EBL: Less than 5mL

Patient was given standard post procedure instructions and return precautions given. The patient tolerated the procedure well without complications.

Thank you

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Group Practice Provider Seeing Patients in Different Place of Service.

We are a group practice that has a few Dr.’s, NP’s and PA’s in an outpatient mental health professional office setting.

If one of our PA’s or NP’s sees patients in a nursing home outside of the office setting for medication management (E/M) what CPT codes would be used and would there be modifiers needed?

In the office setting we would normally use the E/M codes, so would these still be used (99211-99215) with modifiers in the nursing home(assisted living facility)? Or should the nursing facility services codes be used? Which CPT codes should we be using?

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Billing for Provider who is PCP and Specialist

I am curious if anyone has this issue. I have a physician who joined our group recently, he is a PCP to half of his patients, the other half he sees as specialty. We are a specialty group. One insurance wants us to get a separate NPI so that this provider can be listed as both. We are trying to also figure out with our software about using the taxonomy codes for the different needs. If anyone has any advice on how they have handled this situation, I would greatly appreciate it.

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Provider Query Tracking

I am wondering if most clinics and/or facilities track their provider queries some way? We are a hybrid clinic, and most of our providers are strictly paper-based. Since taking my post here, I’ve had to send large volumes of queries. Unfortunately, there was no method in place for this besides sending the chart back with a sticky.

I was thinking of making a query form, which would be kept to be scanned into the EHR.

Thoughts anyone? I’m new and this is my first clinic, so I’m not sure if anyone even does this.

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Appeals Coordinator – Provider Needed

Please see the Job posting below. If you are in the Hampton Roads are (Virginia). Please Apply.

Optima Health – Va Bch

766122369 Appeal & Complaint Dept

Job Description

Responsible for the investigation and documentation of member appeals and grievances in compliance with State law, applicable rules and regulations and provider and group agreements. Works closely with the Plan’s Medical Directors who are responsible for all decision regarding clinical appeals/ grievances and the Appeals Manager who is responsible for non-clinical appeals and grievances.

Employment Status

Full time

Shifts

First (Days)

Requisition Id

114883BR

Job Posting

Optima Health is hiring an Appeals Coordinator
to join our team in Virginia Beach, VA.

Hours/Shift: 8-5p

Monday – Friday, Day shift, 40 hours/wk.

*Provider Appeal Coordinator positions require CPC Certification within 1 year of eligibility

Department/Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced, professional Appeals Coordinator to help support our Optima leadership and our efforts to fulfill our mission on a daily basis. Professional, well-balanced, self-directing yet a collaborative team player with an unsurpassed administrative talent and keen sense of proactivity to drive a positive work environment are ideal. Additional key qualities include but are not limited to: multitasking, attention to detail, effective communication, and strong organizational skills to maintain multiple calendars from multiple leaders. Ability to sit for long periods of time performing job functions and strong Microsoft Office experience is a must.

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Provider treated patients- did not complete notes and relocated

We have a nurse practitioner that treated patients in our rural health clinic however did not complete some of her notes in EHR for them. Can another provider within our organization (physicians with same tax id) sign off on those notes? And for the patients whom she did not create a note, what is protocol for that? I was given instruction if physician relocated to mail them copies of records to sign and return via certified mail for a paper trail? Does this seem typical? Thanks in advance!

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Teaching provider billing

Can anyone guide me on the following question that has been asked:

I have a teaching physician (Mohs surgeon) who runs a fellowship program out of his location. The fellow is from a University setting where they want to start up a MOHS clinic. The questions is that the fellow is currently not certified and the MOHS clinic wants to bill for services out under the teaching physician who will not be on site up and until the fellow is certified.

From what I’ve been reading, my gut tells me to not allow this. This situation would lead to our provider billing for services in two separate locations on the same date of service.

Can anyone shed any direction or expertise on this?

Thanks
Cyn

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