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Re: Consultation Requirements
We are a surgeon's office, and we are trying to get the referring doctors to indicate if they are sending the patient to us for a consultation so that we can be compliant with Medicare's billing policy. We send them a form asking them what is the intent of their patients visit. If they do not use the word consultation and use the wording Evaluate and Treat, does the word evaluate substaniate a consultation request? I am finding that most of the referring offices do not really understand the meaning of a consultation, and they just don't understand why we are trying to determine the intent of the visit. They say of course it is a consultation, but we have nothing in writing to prove that it is really a consultation!!
Thanks,
Dee
We are a surgeon's office, and we are trying to get the referring doctors to indicate if they are sending the patient to us for a consultation so that we can be compliant with Medicare's billing policy. We send them a form asking them what is the intent of their patients visit. If they do not use the word consultation and use the wording Evaluate and Treat, does the word evaluate substaniate a consultation request? I am finding that most of the referring offices do not really understand the meaning of a consultation, and they just don't understand why we are trying to determine the intent of the visit. They say of course it is a consultation, but we have nothing in writing to prove that it is really a consultation!!
Thanks,
Dee