Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Review These Critical Care Service Examples

Tip: Both the illness and treatment must fit into Medicare’s parameters. With critical care services, it’s important to pick the code that fits the circumstances and is easily backed up by the documentation. Without the medical cause-and-effect combination supported by the agency’s nuanced guidelines, your claims may head to the audit zone. “Providing medical care to a critically ill patient [...]
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