Coding Better for Better Reimbursement -- FPM
Jan 1, 2003 - Your work is worth more than you think. You just need to document and code it better.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0100/p29.html
Monitor - Jan 2003 -- FPM
Jan 1, 2003 - ...Chiropractors charge an average fee of $51.94 for the established patient visit code 99213 and get paid an average of $47.97, for a reimbursement rate of 92 percent, reports Chiropractic Economics in its Second Annual Fees and Reimbursement Survey. The report goes on to say that the...
Family Practice Management : News Briefs
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0100/p20.html
Coding & Documentation - Nov 2002 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2002 - ...Medicare will allow you to submit G0101 in addition to an evaluation and management (E/M) service (e.g., 99213) if the E/M service is significant and separately identifiable from the G0101 service. An example would be if an established Medicare patient with chronic essential...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/1100/p30.html
Coding & Documentation - Oct 2002 -- FPM
Oct 1, 2002 - ...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum What Can a PA or NP Do for Your Practice? An Update on Certifying Home Health Care Editor's Collections Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches Time-based coding MOST RECENT ISSUE Nov-Dec...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/1000/p23.html
An Easy Way to Analyze E/M Coding for Group Practices -- FPM
Aug 1, 2002 - The author describes how practices can analyze their CPT coding distributions and determine whether they are billing for an appropriate range of services.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0700/p20.html
Answers to Your Questions on Solo, Idealized Practice -- FPM
May 1, 2002 - How does a solo doc with no support staff manage his referrals, order his supplies and give immunizations? Gordon Moore, MD, answers those questions and more.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0500/p39.html
11 Tips for More Productive Billing -- FPM
Mar 1, 2002 - The author, a practice administrator, offers 10 tips for improving the efficiency of billing and collection processes.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0300/p16.html
Test Your Coding Skills -- FPM
Feb 1, 2002 - Go head to head with our review panel in coding six troublesome progress notes.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0200/p41.html
Letters - Feb 2002 -- FPM
Feb 1, 2002 - ...My experience is that most physicians believe a normal visit starts at 99213 and that something special must be done to get to 99214. The majority of visits to family physicians involve either working up new health problems or following up multiple medical problems. I don’t know how...
Family Practice Management : Letters
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0200/p14.html
Monitor - Jan 2002 -- FPM
Jan 1, 2002 - ...receive small increases: 99211 (1.9 percent), 99212 (0.67 percent), 99214 (0.13 percent) and 99203 (0.56 percent). Reimbursement for code 99213 is scheduled to drop by 0.36 percent. At press time, efforts are underway in Congress to stop the reimbursement cuts and require that a new...
Family Practice Management : News Briefs
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0100/p21.html
Coding & Documentation - Jul 2001 -- FPM
Aug 1, 2001 - ...99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum The 2021 Office Visit Coding Changes: Putting the Pieces Together Coding Flu Shots: Immunize Against Lost Revenue Editor's Collections Coding ICD-10 Coding Coding & Documentation Related Topic Searches...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/p16.html
Letters - Jun 2001 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2001 - ...with the level of office visit you provided from the time you actually spent in face-to-face contact with the patient. The CPT manual says a 99213 typically involves 15 minutes of face-to-face time. Subtracting 15 from 70 leaves 55 minutes. Prolonged services code 99354 accounts for...
Family Practice Management : Letters
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0600/p13c.html
Letters - Jun 2001 -- FPM
Jun 1, 2001 - ...stay. I recommend using codes 99212-99215 instead. The reimbursement for 99212 would be roughly equal to that for 99499, but using codes 99213, 99214 or 99215 would generate higher reimbursement. A source at the Health Care Financing Administration’s (HCFA) regional office in Dallas...
Family Practice Management : Letters
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0600/p13d.html
Letters - May 2001 -- FPM
May 1, 2001 - ...In Planning Group Visits for High-Risk Patients [June 2000, page 33], the authors suggest using 99213 and 99214 to code group visits. We believe the appropriate codes are those suggested by Kent J. Moore in Answers to Your Questions [March 2000, page 21]: 99411 or 99412 for...
Family Practice Management : Letters
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0500/p15a.html
Coding & Documentation - Mar 2001 -- FPM
Mar 1, 2001 - ...with the level of office visit you provided from the time you actually spent in face-to-face contact with the patient. The CPT manual says a 99213 typically involves 15 minutes of face-to-face time. Subtracting 15 from 70 leaves 55 minutes. Prolonged services code 99354 accounts for...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0300/p23.html
How to Stop Hemorrhaging Red Ink -- FPM
Mar 1, 2001 - This article lists tips practices can use to prevent lost revenues.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0300/p16.html
Making Quality and Service Pay: Part 1, The Internal Environment -- FPM
Oct 1, 2000 - Insurers may not explicitly reward your practice for improved quality and service, but there is a way to make quality and service pay.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/1000/p48.html
House Calls: Taking the Practice to the Patient -- FPM
Jun 1, 2000 - Visiting patients where they live is not only good medicine and good marketing. It's also good for the soul.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0600/p49.html
Planning Group Visits for High-Risk Patients -- FPM
Jun 1, 2000 - You'll not only have more satisfied patients and better compliance, but you'll also be compensated for your services.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0600/p33.html
Coding & Documentation - May 2000 -- FPM
May 1, 2000 - ...CPT code is to code the five-digit version of the modifier in addition to the CPT code. For example, instead of coding 99213–25, you can code 99213 and 09925. The five-digit version of a CPT modifier is always 099XX, with XX being the two digits otherwise associated with the...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0500/p22.html
Using Peer Review for Self-Audits of Medical Record Documentation -- FPM
Apr 1, 2000 - You might be surprised at how much doctors can help one another improve in coding and documentation.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0400/p28.html
Ask FPM - Mar 2000 -- FPM
Mar 1, 2000 - ...by Medicare and many other third-party payers to determine physician reimbursement, a level-III established patient office visit (i.e., code 99213) has a total of 1.29 RVUs assigned to it. Under RBRVS, a code's total RVUs is the sum of three components: work RVUs, practice-expense...
Family Practice Management : Q&As
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0300/p60.html
A Quick-Reference Card for Identifying Level-4 Visits -- FPM
Aug 1, 1999 - The author's tool will help you keep in mind what qualifies a visit for a 99214 or a 99204.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0700/p32.html
Should You Modify Your Use of Modifiers? -- FPM
May 1, 1999 - This article explains how to use modifiers commonly attached to CPT codes for family physicians' services.
Family Practice Management : Q&As
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0500/p18.html
Coding & Documentation - Apr 1999 -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - ...Can I code 99455 for a work-related or medical disability evaluation as well as a regular office-visit code (such as 99213) for the same encounter, if it's appropriate? A Yes. Code 99455 is one of three used to report evaluations required for life or disability insurance...
Family Practice Management : Coding & Documentation
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p12.html