tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 12

BILLING: 6 Tips To Make Billing The New AAA Screening Easy

Document your 'Welcome To Medicare' referral.Your practice may soon be receiving referrals for Medicare's new abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening service (G0369), which took effect Jan. 1. Will you be ready?Our experts offer some tips on how to bill this service without worries:1) Make sure your patient meets the qualifications for this one-time exam, advises Jill Young with Young Medical in East Lansing, MI. To receive coverage, the patients must be "at risk," meaning they either have a family history of AAA or are men aged 65 to 75 who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes...

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