Wiki Medical and mental health eval on same day

[aochoa]

Can the same provider bill for a medical visit and a mental health visit on the same day for same the patient??

 

[MarcusM]

"Medicare Part B pays for reasonable and necessary integrated health care services when they are furnished on the same day, to the same patient, by the same professional or a different professional. This is regardless of whether the professionals are in the same or different locations."
http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Edu...ay-Billing-Text-Only-Fact-Sheet-ICN908978.pdf