Wiki How do you bill for unrelated outpatient E/M Service for a Patient in Rehab Facility

[saacoder]

I work for an Anesthesiology group and one of our patients was seen for pain management and consultation (E/M's and epidural steroid injections) before she entered a Rehab facility as an inpatient. At that time, we didn't have any problem getting paid for these services. Now we are having a problem getting paid from Medicare for an E/M service provided after she entered the Rehab facility. Medicare has told us to bill the Rehab facility instead.

We've spoken with the Rehab Facility & they aren't sure how to bill for this either.

Does anyone have an idea how to bill for this?
Thank you for help in advance

 

[CBlanton]

You will need to send your Claims to the Rehab facility for payment. Sounds like she is using days from a covered Part-A stay, and all of her charges will need to be bundled together on their claim. This is part of "Consolidated Billing".