decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2007 Issue 8 (August)
Benchmark of the Week: Average E/M charges
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Article Overview
This article introduces a recurring benchmark feature that presents high-level Medicare billing statistics for office and outpatient evaluation and management visits. It is intended for coders, billing professionals, and practices that want a quick view of charge patterns and a sense of how Medicare billing varies across services, specialties, and states. The piece focuses on aggregated charge data and the broader context for interpreting those benchmarks.
Why This Topic Matters
Benchmark summaries can help billing teams compare their own charge patterns with broader Medicare billing trends and identify areas worth reviewing at a high level.
What You Will Learn
- What the Benchmark of the Week feature is designed to show
- How the article frames Medicare billing pattern analysis
- What broad category of office/outpatient visit data is being summarized
- How average charges are presented in relation to billed volume and total submitted charges
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Practice administrators
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Physician office staff
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