MODIFIERS: Avoid Slicing Away You Reimbursement With Each Surgery

Article Overview

This article reviews payer differences in reporting surgical assistant services when a non-physician practitioner is involved. It is aimed at coding and reimbursement staff, practice managers, and surgical billing teams who need to understand how modifier policies may differ across Medicare and private payers. The discussion covers general modifier selection issues, payer policy variation, and the need to verify which approach a specific payer accepts.