The Ortho office that I bill for has received conflicting information about the Medicare requirements for documenting their xray services. They own the equipment, do their own interpretation and write their report which is typically a paragraph within the office visit E/M notes.
We bill our Medicare through NHIC (Vermont). My understanding is that there is another Medicare through Trailblazer which is telling their providers that a separate xray report is required...a paragraph within the E/M documentation is not sufficient.
Has anyone heard anything about this? What are your Medicare carriers saying?
We bill our Medicare through NHIC (Vermont). My understanding is that there is another Medicare through Trailblazer which is telling their providers that a separate xray report is required...a paragraph within the E/M documentation is not sufficient.
Has anyone heard anything about this? What are your Medicare carriers saying?