DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 7 (July)

Proposal to dump consults linked to years of confusion, eased documentation rules

After years of trying to modify and massage the consult billing rules into something that both CMS and the physician community could agree upon and properly bill, the agency now proposes to eliminate consult billing entirely in the 2010 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, except for limited telehealth services (PBN 7/6/09). You would instead bill for new and established patient visits based on the site of the service.

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