Physicians Practice - September 2008 - (Page 49) A Look at CPT codes series 95950–95956. You'd have to determine if they suit exactly what you are doing. I also highly recommend speaking to the manufacturer of the machine. They can usually tell you all about the coding. As far as whether this will be a DRG or CPT service, you need to chat with the hospital, as every case is different. Presumably, this is some kind of joint deal with the hospital and someone must have figured out in advance how the billing is going to happen, particularly what the place of service is to be for different payers; you just need to find the right person. If no one did think about this in advance, you’ll need to craft the deal. WHEN YOU LEAVE A PRACTICE my old practice to know I no longer worked there or where I’m currently located. I tried to send out letters to my patients, but over half were returned because of incorrect address information. I don’t think the group is that interested in retaining my patients, as most are specialty patients they aren’t prepared to handle. Anyway, if patients call and leave a message that they’re sick or need to be seen, with the impression that I still work there, and no one calls them back, is the group liable if there are any subsequent problems, or am I? Even when I worked there, messages often weren’t returned. Q I left my internal medicine group to join a specialty practice. It was not a completely amicable parting. For the first month, there was no way for patients at A In terms of liability, your best bet always is to contact the risk management office at the malpractice carrier who currently covers you. They’ll guide you and their advice is best since they’ll be the ones to defend you should something go wrong. You certainly can’t force the old practice to put your number on the outgoing message. But you can try to WWW.PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM SEPTEMBER 2008 | PHYSICIANS PRACTICE | 49 http://PracticeSalesUSA.com http://www.meditlive.com http://www.meditlive.com http://PracticeSalesUSA.com http://WWW.PHYSICIANSPRACTICE.COM
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