DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 5 (May)

Ask a Part B News expert: SNF billing

How do you bill diagnostic services that fall under consolidated billing? Do you bill Medicare Part B for the professional component and Part A for the technical component, or do you identify Part A patients and only bill Part B using modifier 26(professional component)? Also, is it fraudulent for a skilled nursing facility (SNF) to have providers bill Part B global and when the technical component is denied, reimburse the SNF once we provide them with the remittance advice?

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the DecisionHealth Newsletters.

Official DecisionHealth® Newsletter Archives includes:

  • Includes over 25,000 articles from:
    • Coder Pink Sheets
    • Part B News
    • Answer Books newsletters
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Timely news and guidance vital for your practice
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to the Find-A-Code Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
  • Save yourself tons of research time, find everything in one place!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • DecisionHealth Coding, Billing and Compliance Library

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.