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Provider Enrollment and Its Importance

WebProvider Enrollment is an essential process for all provider types to ensure they are compensated appropriately for services rendered. All governmental payers as well as some commercial payers require that providers be properly enrolled prior to filing claims for reimbursement. Some of the documents which may be required include, but are not

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New Pain Management Codes: Genicular Nerves and SI Joint Nerves

WebThe destruction code (64625) also includes CT or fluoroscopy in its descriptor. As with the other new codes, the SI joint nerve block and destruction codes are mutually exclusive, meaning they cannot be reported together. Each code should only be reported once per session and includes all nerves innervating the SI joint.

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Are CRNA Only Practices Becoming More Common

WebWhile that scenario is highly unlikely, it is becoming very common, and in fact there are seventeen states that have opted out of the requirement for MD supervision of CRNA anesthetics. There are a many reasons CRNAs will play a signficant role in the future of healthcare. Rural areas of the country are dependent on CRNAs to staff surgery.

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Endoscopy Billing Just Got More Complicated Physicians Practice

WebEndoscopy Billing Just Got More Complicated. Published on January 9, 2018. If billing and reimbursement for endoscopies wasn’t already frustrating for anesthesia professionals, this year brings a multitude of changes! The old ASA codes for endoscopy (00740 and 00810) have been deleted and replaced with several new codes (00731, …

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Benefits of Electronic Payment and Remittances

WebAnother added benefit of EFT is the increased security. Receiving payments electronically, eliminates the risks associated with lost or stolen checks. An electronic remittance advice (ERA) is an electronic version of the medical insurance payment explanation of benefits. The ERA provides the same details about claim payment that is …

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What is a Medical Coder

WebMedical coders work to insure accurate and compliant billing and maximize reimbursement. For every diagnosis and procedure, there is a corresponding code or code-set. Coders are not only familiar with the code-sets, but also with medical and procedural terminology, anatomy, physiology, and the major payer’s policies and guidelines.

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Out-Of-Network Balances- Who Gets the Bill

WebPublished on July 16, 2021. When anesthesia providers have a contract with an insurance, the insurance has a set rate that they pay per unit for each claim. This is considered processing “in-network”. However, when providers are not contracted with an insurance, but they bill a claim to that insurance, the claim is processed as “out-of

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Provider Enrollment Physicians Practice Management

WebAn important aspect and often overlooked component of your practice’s revenue cycle is the timely and accurate completion of provider enrollment and credentialing.Enrolling new providers in a timely manner is critical to ensuring that all services provided are reimbursed. Timely enrollment also has a direct impact on your practice’s cash flow.

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Anesthesia Billing & Practice Management Physicians Practice …

WebBilling and collecting every dollar possible. That’s our goal. At PPM Partners, we provide anesthesia billing and coding, anesthesia practice management services and accounts receivable collection services to practices nationwide. And our effective processes and practice management services are supported by our high collection rate.

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New CPT Modifier Rule: Add-on Codes

WebNew CPT Modifier Rule: Add-on Codes - Bilateral (50) -vs- Right (RT) and Left (LT) Published on February 18, 2020. As if pain management billing wasn’t complex enough, now the AMA has changed the guidelines for bilateral procedures.

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Technology & Reporting Physicians Practice Management

WebDiscover whether you are maximizing your collections. Our practice management software is designed specifically for the nuances of anesthesia billing and coding, and captures all billable charges associated with surgical and pain management cases. With PPM Partners, our new clients typically see revenue increases in the first six months.

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Labor Epidural End Time: What is The Proper Billing Method

WebThe more popular billing method is base units plus time units, with a cap limiting the charge. The ASA has determined that the average labor lasts around 4 hours, and this is the basis by which most providers choose to set their cap. The end time can have a bearing if the total billed amount is less than the cap.

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Compliance & Coding Physicians Practice Management

WebCompliance is a key part of every medical practice's operations and is one we focus on every day. Because we understand the importance of being 100% compliant in everything we do for our clients, our comprehensive Compliance Plan and HIPAA Policies are interwoven into every aspect of our daily operating procedures.

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Managed Care Physicians Practice Management

WebPPM has negotiated hundreds of managed care contracts for our clients. We understand the unique difficulties related to the anesthesia billing industry and will negotiate contracts that will dramatically increase revenue and reduce insurance company delays. We review the contract language and negotiate the most favorable reimbursement rates.

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Hospital Contract Physicians Practice Management

WebPPM Partners can assist in facilitating a successful relationship, providing critical data to the practice that forms the basis for the hospital negotiation. We bring experience and credibility to the discussion as well as educating the hospital on the cost of providing quality anesthesia services. Our knowledge of the healthcare market can

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Is Ultrasound Guidance Billable for Arterial Line Placement

WebCPT code 76937 is defined as “ultrasound guidance for vascular access requiring ultrasound evaluation of potential access sites, documentation of selected vessel patency, concurrent real time ultrasound visualization of vascular needle entry, with permanent recording and reporting”. You are not to report CPT code 76937 along with …

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Postoperative Pain Management Billing Conventions

WebIf the pain management procedure’s purpose is to manage postoperative pain, it is billable only if the primary method of anesthesia does not depend on the pain management procedure for efficacy. If the purpose of the procedure is to supplement/enhance the primary anesthesia, as in a combined anesthesia technique, it …

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W. Dean Azar Physicians Practice Management

WebProviding years of expert accounting and consulting services for the healthcare field, Dean has worked with anesthesiologists and CRNAs in all aspects of practice management including planning for new facilities or services, hospital contracting, financial planning and budgeting, managed care contracting, billing and collection services, staff education, and …

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