tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 5

Reader Question: Keep Face-to-Face Visit in Mind

Question: My physician sends patients to the hospital to receive IV antibiotic therapy when their urinary infections are resistant to all oral antibiotics. He would like to know: Is there any way that he may be paid for all the work involved in sending these patients to the hospital for IV therapy. It is a 10-course of antibiotics. It takes a lot of time for him to do this. He must write orders, review lab cultures, etc. He said it is starting to take 2-3 hours of his time. He does not admit the patients. They...

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