Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)

       12 – Working Aged Beneficiary or Spouse with Employer Group Health Plan       13 – End-Stage Renal Disease Beneficiary in the 30-Month Coordination Period with an Employer’s Group Health Plan       14 – No-fault insurance, including auto, is primary (any no-fault insurance)       15 – Workers’ Compensation      … Read more

Medicaid – QMB, SLMB, QI & QDWI Program

1) These are the Medicare programs established to help low-income beneficiaries where Medicaid pays their Medicare Part A & Part B premium, Medicare coinsurance, and Medicare Deductible. 2) Below are the Medicare programs and their covered benefit, 3) You will find a scenario where a claim was paid by Medicare as primary and Medicaid denied … Read more

New Patient & Established Patient Codes

New Patient A new patient is one who visits to take a service for the first time or one who has not received any professional services from the physician, or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice, within the past three years. New Patient Codes – 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205 Established … Read more

Managed Care Organization (MCO) Plans

Managed care organization (MCO) is a type of health insurance that have contracts with healthcare providers to help members to provide services at low cost. Providers are contracted with health insurance under MCO plans and based on these plans, the cost of the patient’s health services is dependent. An individual can select any plan and … Read more

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)

CPT codes

CPT codes are classified into 3 categories: I) Category I – This is the main category of CPT that used by providers to represent their different services and reimburse the payment. Below are the 6 different sections of this category with specialties and CPT range, 1. Anesthesia Services: 00100 – 01999 & 99100 – 991502. Surgery: 10004 – 699903. Radiology … Read more