Tricare Claims: Navigate Tricare-Specific Rules With 5 Tips
Tip: Keep an eye open for services this payer does not cover.
If your practice sees the occasional Tricare patient, you had better take note of how this government payer differs from the others. This advice about Tricare billing can help you stay compliant when coding for encounters with military personnel and their dependents, including when Tricare is the secondary payer.
Tip 1: File Tricare Claims on Time
Your practice most likely files claims on the date of service, but practices often find un-filed claims during internal audits or record reviews, and you may want to send in claims...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement.
Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations — and onboard your team — with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI's Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement Alert will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, payer policies, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.
Current newsletters added each month
Fully searchable archives - over 4200 articles
ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products: