Reader Questions:
New Patient Qualifications
Published on Sun Aug 01, 1999
Question: When can we bill for a new patient in the group? This patient had been seen previously by our physician, but not for many years?
Anonymous TX Subscriber
Answer: CPT defines a new patient as one who has not received any professional services from the physician or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice, within the past three years. This is the accepted definition by virtually all carriers.
