kemptar
New
In the event that a provider sees the patient in the clinic, decides to admit the patient to the hospital, and another provider from the same specialty assigned to the hospital has the face-to-face encounter with the patient that day, can the initial provider whom does not carry out the face to face portion bill for the admit (99221-99223) as he is doing all of the work-up?
The confusion lies with Medicare viewing each specialty as a single provider, so only one provider can bill that day, but we are unable to find any reference specifically stating that the initial provider has to have the face to face visit with the patient in the hospital as opposed to the partner at the hospital.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
The confusion lies with Medicare viewing each specialty as a single provider, so only one provider can bill that day, but we are unable to find any reference specifically stating that the initial provider has to have the face to face visit with the patient in the hospital as opposed to the partner at the hospital.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.