Strategies on discussing billing with admin?
In my first year of practice after residency. I joined a decent sized physician group that is contracted the with local hospital system. The group has multiple offices all over the area.
Since starting, I have assumed the role of putting in my own billing codes for the most part. They then get reviewed and submitted by our offsite billers.
I have reviewed previous charts and realized that certain codes have been getting removed. Example: preventative code + 214, the 214 gets removed. I inquired about this and was told I need to be writing two notes to double bill, but they could not provide me with any actual information that confirms this. So - I actually did spend the extra time to write an extra note only to realize that it is STILL sometimes being removed. Also adding G2211 code for chronic care visits and this is being removed off basically every chart with exception of certain Medicare patients. My biggest issue with this is I’m not even being told they are removing the codes, I just happened to look myself.
- Has anyone had experience like this, how did you address it?
- Am I just not UTD on billing enough and maybe I am actually billing these incorrectly?
- What are you alls favorite resource for most UTD billing codes and info I can be using to maximize RVUs.