Hospital and Healthcare Hospital and Healthcare 778 Questions Ask question Search Order By: ActiveClear Filter 0 Votes 1 Ans What if the patient moves out of state and calls to request their records be sent to another dentist? 1.50K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What if there is a conflict where patient says “I’ll pay out of pocket, don’t bill my insurance for this procedure” (example transitional partial where insurance will then NOT pay for final procedure based on 1/5 yr rule) but your PPO contract with the insurance company requires you to bill for ALL procedures done for a patient? 1.14K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Often, dental software does not allow for electronic transfer of dental records, only printouts — how is this covered by new rules? 1.25K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans How often do patients need to sign a new “notice of privacy practices” form? Since the notice has just been updated, does the updated notice only need to be signed by new patients or all existing patients? 1.51K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans What is the difference between “consent” and “authorization” under the HIPAA Privacy Rule? 1.49K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans When is an authorization required from the patient before a provider or health plan engages in marketing to that individual? 1.39K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Will the HIPAA Privacy Rule hinder medical research by making doctors and others less willing and/or able to share with researchers information about individual patients? 1.48K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Are some of the criteria so subjective that inconsistent determinations may be made by Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and Privacy Boards reviewing similar or identical research projects? 1.30K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule prohibit researchers from conditioning participation in a clinical trial on an authorization to use/disclose existing protected health information? 1.33K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule permit the creation of a database for research purposes through an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Privacy Board waiver of individual authorization? 1.22K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Do we have to put modifier -25 on an evaluation and management (E/M) level if we bill for CPT 94760, “pulse oximetry,” as an additional procedure in the ED? Our bills are kicking out from our FI when we don’t use modifier -25 with CPT 94760, even though 94760 is packaged. 1.44K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans When billing for anesthesia time, are we supposed to round incomplete units of anesthesia time up or down, or leave them as fractional time units? What is the proper way to bill? 1.45K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Can a hospital bill for a consultation visit performed by hospital ancillary or nursing staff using E/M consultation codes? If yes, under what circumstances? 1.42K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Under the chemotherapy codes, 96414 is for starting a prolonged infusion of chemotherapy. What would a physician use for starting a prolonged infusion of non-chemo drugs? 1.61K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans When infusions and injections are provided in the ED in conjunction with surgery that’s provided in the ED, are those injections and infusions separately billable—for example, lidocaine for a laceration repair or an IV push for pain medication before a closed reduction? 1.23K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans When is it appropriate to charge for a treatment room? The revenue code would be 761. For example, a physician sends a patient to the ED for a rabies shot. Would it be appropriate to charge for a treatment room revenue code 761 and CPT code 99211? The patient is not seen by an ED physician. 1.65K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Can we use CPT code 90784 for coding a port flush Heparin, since it is an intravenous (IV) push medication? If not, is there any other code for this procedure? This flush is not at the initial time of IV access nor in conjunction with giving any IV medication. It is to maintain patency between times of other access. 1.19K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans When our hospital holds fundraising events, is there any legal way to have vendors participate? 1.63K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans If two doctors, a father and son, refer all or most of their of their patients to each other, is this a violation of any of the Stark II provisions? 1.11K viewsHospital and Healthcare 0 Votes 1 Ans Our organization wants to charge pharmaceutical representatives for the time physicians and staff provide them to pitch their drugs. What are your thoughts on possible implications? I don’t see this setup as encouraging referrals, since all drug companies would be treated the same. These arrangements would pay physicians and staff for the time they spend away from patients. 1.50K viewsHospital and Healthcare « Previous 1 2 … 29 30 31 32 33 … 38 39 Next » Question and answer is powered by anspress.net
