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We are the cardiac anesthesia for our town. We currently service 2 hospitals. I recevied a call from the CEO of one of the hospitals this morning with a question that stumped me.
He wanted to know if we were currently billing insurance for "Standby Call". Which is something I have not heard of and obviously do not bill for, cause I didnt know it existed.
He is under the impression that when the cath lab gets a patient that may or may not need heart surgery and they page the cardiologists to put them on standby, that we as anesthesia group should bill for being put on standby.
Does anyone know if there is such a code and if so, how do you bill when you technically dont have a patient to link it to.? Help I am so confused
Thank you so much and your help is appreciated!!!
Amanda
He wanted to know if we were currently billing insurance for "Standby Call". Which is something I have not heard of and obviously do not bill for, cause I didnt know it existed.
He is under the impression that when the cath lab gets a patient that may or may not need heart surgery and they page the cardiologists to put them on standby, that we as anesthesia group should bill for being put on standby.
Does anyone know if there is such a code and if so, how do you bill when you technically dont have a patient to link it to.? Help I am so confused
Thank you so much and your help is appreciated!!!
Amanda