Readers Question:
Talk to Your Payer Before Billing Phone Consults
Published on Thu Dec 17, 2015
Question: Another office just informed us about getting paid from their contractor for telephone calling codes. My physician would like to start using these codes as well. Does Medicare pay for telephone calls? Washington Subscriber Answer: No, Medicare will not pay for patient consultations performed over the phone as the agency considers telephone call codes 99441-99443 (Telephone evaluation and management [...]
