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Can anyone help me with understanding how to get implants paid w/Medicare? Only one code is payable 63047 and all others are on the Inpatient Only List. The implants cost $8,000, so we can't continue those kind of cases...

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There's no way to (legally) bypass Medicare's payment rules. But implants and surgeries are two different things. Implants are usually packaged into the case rate for the surgical procedure and don't get a separate payment - the payment for the surgery itself is calculated to cover the cost of any implants involved. As for codes that are on the inpatient-only list, you will not get paid for these - these codes are never reimbursed to a facility on an outpatient claim. They are only paid as a component of the DRG rate for an inpatient hospital claim. Your physician should not be scheduling these types of procedures to be done at an ASC for Medicare patients.
 
I agree with Thomas. Your scheduler/insurance verifier should alert the business office manager when these types of cases are scheduled so they can have a conversation with the clinical team and/or surgeon. You are looking at a major loss that can be avoided by looking at the payable codes vs implant cost prior to surgery. :(
 
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