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Optometry Coding & Billing Alert
2004 Newsletter
Reader Question: Accommodate Carriers' 'Insufficient' Requirements
Optometry Coding & Billing Alert
Reader Question:
Accommodate Carriers' 'Insufficient' Requirements
Published on Wed Apr 07, 2004
Other Articles in this issue of
Optometry Coding & Billing Alert
Coding Corner:
Test Yourself: Would You Append Modifier -25?
These 3 common optometry scenarios clear up when you can -- and can't -- separately [...]
Billing Basics:
Fight Underpayments With This Simple 4-Step Trick
There's something you can do about these annoyances -- today!
You can win: Beat carrier underpayments [...]
Cover All Your Documentation Bases for a Reimbursement Home Run
Before you use modifier -25 to file for reimbursement for an E/M and plug insertion, [...]
Hipaa Help Desk:
File Complaints Using New Online Tool
You now have some recourse if a software vendor, clearinghouse or payer is getting in [...]
You Be The Expert:
Don't Fake It for Pseudo-Strabismus
Question: We had a patient present with crossing of the eyes, but when the optometrist [...]
Coding Corner:
Ease Into Using E Codes
You can never supply too much information when submitting a claim
The next time a patient [...]
News You Can Use:
Medicare Nearly Doubles A-Scan Pay
CMS' Fee Schedule update increases reimbursement for several ophthalmic procedures
If Medicare's 2004 Physician Fee Schedule [...]
Reader Question:
Tackle Tough Medicare Payment Problems
Question: Medicare has been denying some of our claims, and I think it is mistaken. [...]
Reader Question:
Unfurrow Your Brow With 701.8
Question: Which diagnosis code should I report for brow ptosis?
Ohio Subscriber Answer: Use 701.8 (Other [...]
Reader Question:
Accommodate Carriers' 'Insufficient' Requirements
Reader Question:
Protect International PHI
Question: Does the HIPAA regulation apply to information gained abroad that is used or stored [...]
Reader Question:
Manners Matter to Payers
Question: We had a run-in with one of our carriers, and ever since then they [...]
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