DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 2 (February)

4 ways to fool-proof billing for prolonged services

You and your peers are letting cash drain from your pockets by incorrectly billing prolonged services, which were denied between 20% and 33% of the time in 2008, according to a Part B News analysis of the latest CMS claims data. Practices are billing prolonged services more often, and carriers believe they're getting it wrong more often, with denial rates rising from 2006 to 2008, the data shows.

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