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    Wiki IDTFs HCFA or UB-04

    I work at a medical billing company that bills for IDTFs (Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities), and they are billing with POS 11 on a HCFA. Shouldn't they be billing on a UB-04 and using POS 49? Wouldn't the reimbursement be greater if they billed as a facility instead of a doctor's...
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    Wiki Laboratory billing question sending out specimen to another lab- Filling out claim

    I work for a lab receiving outside specimen from substance abuse facilities, we will sometimes have to send these tests out to labcorp when we are not able to run the test in-house. We still bill the patients insurance company and we will receive an invoice from Labcorp. I'm confused as to where...
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    Wiki Anyone billing anesthesia for CRNAs in Massachusetts?

    I am posting this for a coworker, as I have limited knowledge of anesthesia billing. We have a new client who uses CRNAs for anesthesia. I am hoping someone has some insight on these issues: **For medically directed CRNA, Tufts Health Plan requires the anesthesiologist and the CRNA to bill on...
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    Wiki Cms-1500 form

    Does anyone know how to get a payer to consider 2 pages of a HCFA (more than 6 charges) under the same claim number? A coworker suggested not filling out boxes 28-30 on the first page, and that way the insurance would have to combine the 2 pages together to get the correct total, I'm just not...
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