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Question: Our office performs echo and stress echos - we own all the equipment in house, and our MDs interpret.
I've noticed that our company recently started billing these on the date that the tests are interpreted by the MD, rather than the date that the test was performed (usually within 48 hrs)
Is this correct?
I know we do this with things like Holter /event monitors (like Zio monitors), but we don't own the equipment or programs for those - so we bill once we receive the report from the company and our MDs review, and the Zio company bills the patient for their portion.
But we never did this with echos.
Before 2011, (when we had paper superbills, and paper charts), I entered the charges for echos - and we always billed on the date of service. I no longer do that data entry - but recently needed to audit that our echos were being billed and saw the date difference.
Please advise!
Question: Our office performs echo and stress echos - we own all the equipment in house, and our MDs interpret.
I've noticed that our company recently started billing these on the date that the tests are interpreted by the MD, rather than the date that the test was performed (usually within 48 hrs)
Is this correct?
I know we do this with things like Holter /event monitors (like Zio monitors), but we don't own the equipment or programs for those - so we bill once we receive the report from the company and our MDs review, and the Zio company bills the patient for their portion.
But we never did this with echos.
Before 2011, (when we had paper superbills, and paper charts), I entered the charges for echos - and we always billed on the date of service. I no longer do that data entry - but recently needed to audit that our echos were being billed and saw the date difference.
Please advise!