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Proactively Avoid Consolidated Billing Troubles With a Set Contract
Published on Fri Jul 16, 2010
Setting up a plan with each facility before rendering services will make your job easier and keep payments rolling in.To receive payment for the technical aspects of diagnostic services your physician performs on nursing facility (NF) patients, you may need to have a set contract with the facility as mentioned in "Set Up a Solid Contract With Nursing Facilities to Ensure You Get Paid Every Time."Starting with a one-page contract such as this one can ease the consolidated billing issues you face.Remember: There are additional details you'll want to add to this sample contract to make it specific for your needs, and you should have a competent healthcare attorney with Stark knowledge review the contract.Date:This letter serves to document an agreement between me, John Doe, MD, and XYZ Skilled Nursing Facility.At your request, I may provide medically appropriate services to patients from your facility who are classified by the Medicare [...]