Our office has a surgical suite (AAAASF certified). We are NOT Article 28. Our physician claims are billed with POS 11. Other physicians (not part of our group) also use the surgical suite.
A billing company has contacted us stating if we obtain another TID for the surgical suite, they can bill commercial carriers (not Medicare) as an out of network facility under the separate TID on UB04s. This billing company states they are able to get reimbursed from commercial carriers (BCBS, United, Oxford, NYSHIP, HIP) approximately 40% of the time.
Is this legal? And if so, does it actually work? It seems suspicious to me, but my research could not find anything specifically stating it is not permissible. I did find several carrier policies stating facility claims are payable only if Article 28. Since Medicare would not be billed, Stark compliance is not an issue. Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated!!
A billing company has contacted us stating if we obtain another TID for the surgical suite, they can bill commercial carriers (not Medicare) as an out of network facility under the separate TID on UB04s. This billing company states they are able to get reimbursed from commercial carriers (BCBS, United, Oxford, NYSHIP, HIP) approximately 40% of the time.
Is this legal? And if so, does it actually work? It seems suspicious to me, but my research could not find anything specifically stating it is not permissible. I did find several carrier policies stating facility claims are payable only if Article 28. Since Medicare would not be billed, Stark compliance is not an issue. Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated!!