Practice Management Alert

Billing:

Understand Consolidated Billing Rules

Follow these tips when seeing SNF patients to ensure payment. Many specialty practices see a skilled nursing facility (SNF) patient on occasion, and while the visit may not stand out in terms of patient care, the billing aspects can be very different from other patient situations. The government requires SNFs to “consolidate” their billing for Medicare Part A-stay residents, and [...]
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