tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 33

Billing: What's the Prognosis on Your Diagnostic Billing?

Find out what you can do to get paid for diagnostic tests Billing for diagnostic tests can be very tricky, and many practices throw in the towel and take denials for these tests in stride - but that doesn't always have to be the case.    Billers encounter two main problems with diagnostic testing, says Patricia Trites, president of Healthcare Compliance Resources in Augusta, Ga:   1. Billing for diagnosis when screening was actually performed. Diagnostic tests will often be paid for, but screening tests usually are not, Trites says. "And what some providers do, whether on purpose...

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