tci Part B Insider - 2016 Issue 22

Part B Coding Coach: Compare Your Eye Care Practice's Billing Trends Against These National Averages

Benchmarking can help you see where you stand in relation to other practices. Many eye care practices wonder whether they code and bill “normally” compared to other offices but didn’t know where to find the data—until now. Part B MAC Palmetto GBA published a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) in November to illustrate the benchmarks and trends that the payer has seen among optometry practices. Palmetto launched the analysis “because the OIG has found inappropriate billing and over-utilization of optometry services,” the CBR report said in its “Frequently Asked Questions” section. “According to...

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