JTE79
Contributor
Question is this: Nurse Practitioners (NP) sees and exams patient for follow up visit (FUV) and the doctor also sees and examines the patient and but does not document correctly per guidelines that he saw and examined the patient during the FUV the billing must then go under the NP. Is this a compliance issue that the doctor did see and examine and did not document so? Or per the doctors standpoint simply a billing issue that is not worth his time and effort to state in the note that he saw and examined the patient thus getting credit.
Please see the sample doctor response to request to document attestation.
What financial difference does it make? From what I understand, the NP can bill 85% of my bill. That might correspond to about $3 total difference (total guess on my part). This is what we were trying to say in the billing meeting where NP assistance came up. The small increment in pay may not be worth the additional effort in documentation.
Please see the sample doctor response to request to document attestation.
What financial difference does it make? From what I understand, the NP can bill 85% of my bill. That might correspond to about $3 total difference (total guess on my part). This is what we were trying to say in the billing meeting where NP assistance came up. The small increment in pay may not be worth the additional effort in documentation.