Our family practice Doc's see their assisted living patients once a year for
an annual physical exam in our office. This includes extensive paperwork for the facility (for their federal and state compliance) These patience are all Medicare with Medicaid 2nd . Our Compliance is recommending that our providers go to the facility using 99318.... My question is in researching CMS
guidelines it states medical necessity is required . If all the required paperwork
and documentation is driven by a routine diagnosis how can i use this cpt or am
i missing something.... please help.......
an annual physical exam in our office. This includes extensive paperwork for the facility (for their federal and state compliance) These patience are all Medicare with Medicaid 2nd . Our Compliance is recommending that our providers go to the facility using 99318.... My question is in researching CMS
guidelines it states medical necessity is required . If all the required paperwork
and documentation is driven by a routine diagnosis how can i use this cpt or am
i missing something.... please help.......