MGMA acting CEO Akash Madiah on what members need, what the association must fix and how administrators can stop revenue leaks now.
|Articles|April 1, 2008
Is It Worth Billing the New Phone Codes?
I see there are new CPT codes for phone calls. I never got paid for the old codes. Should I even bother billing these?
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Question: I see there are new CPT codes for phone calls. I never got paid for the old codes. Should I even bother billing these?
Answer: Sure. Word on the street is that some commercial payers are indeed paying for them. Moreover, if you never bill, the payers have an excuse to never pay. After all, “no one bills them anyway.”
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