kathleenw84
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Hi, my name is Kathleen from Gastroenterology of Southwest MI. I have several scenario's of which to ask your opinion:
1) If the primary care sends a patient to us as "consult", and then after our visit, our physician request an colonoscopy for ruling out IBS vs colitis. Our specialist then ask to see the patient in our office for follow up after finding out from the procedure his final diagnosis require more visit to a gastro specialist.
Would our physician go back and change his original billing from consult to New Patient?
2) Is follow up in six months an automatic halt to consultation billing to new patient?
Thanks for your help!
1) If the primary care sends a patient to us as "consult", and then after our visit, our physician request an colonoscopy for ruling out IBS vs colitis. Our specialist then ask to see the patient in our office for follow up after finding out from the procedure his final diagnosis require more visit to a gastro specialist.
Would our physician go back and change his original billing from consult to New Patient?
2) Is follow up in six months an automatic halt to consultation billing to new patient?
Thanks for your help!