Rfoster
New
We are having to book double slots to perform covid testing and providers are all documenting total time of 25-35 minutes with each patient even with negative covid tests and diagnosis is something simple such as viral illness. Providers are concerned if they are not able to bill for the total time then they are not going to be compensated for having to see less patients due to time constraints with these visits. Can we still only bill for total time in these instances or do we still down code due to low medical necessity?