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Hi,
I'm new to medicare billing so I have many questions I'd like to ask, so please help. Thank you.
1. I know I have to charge patients 20% copay, then bill the rest to medicare, but is it 20% of my U&C or is it 20% of medicare allowable? I'm in the great state of Texas btw. For example, the medicare participation amount is $71.34 for a 92002, how much should I bill medicare and how much should I collect from patients.
2. Can someone please tell me how much they determine their U&C fee based on the allowable? Using the example above for a 92002, how much should I set my U&C fee? I vaguely remember something about we can't set our price higher than 115% of allowable, so in my case I should set my fee at roughly $82?
3. Also, I don't see a level 3 for 99*** or a 92*** on the fee schedule on the texas medicare website, only level 2 and 4 can be found. What happened to level 1, 3, and 5. I know doctors bill for it.
4. Sorry I know I'm asking a lot of question, just please be patient with me. If I have a NEW patient coming in with a CC of dimming in vision, and I decide it's because of his 3+ NS cataract after dilating the patient, how should I bill this encounter? Should I bill a 92*** or a 99*** and what level. I know I have to collect refraction fee from the patient. What if the patient just needs to be monitored q6months, I'm asking this because I thought to bill one of the codes, I need to initiate treatment, but if it just needs to be monitored, what do I do as far as coding?
Again, I apologize for asking so many questions. Just trying to learn how to bill correctly.
I'm new to medicare billing so I have many questions I'd like to ask, so please help. Thank you.
1. I know I have to charge patients 20% copay, then bill the rest to medicare, but is it 20% of my U&C or is it 20% of medicare allowable? I'm in the great state of Texas btw. For example, the medicare participation amount is $71.34 for a 92002, how much should I bill medicare and how much should I collect from patients.
2. Can someone please tell me how much they determine their U&C fee based on the allowable? Using the example above for a 92002, how much should I set my U&C fee? I vaguely remember something about we can't set our price higher than 115% of allowable, so in my case I should set my fee at roughly $82?
3. Also, I don't see a level 3 for 99*** or a 92*** on the fee schedule on the texas medicare website, only level 2 and 4 can be found. What happened to level 1, 3, and 5. I know doctors bill for it.
4. Sorry I know I'm asking a lot of question, just please be patient with me. If I have a NEW patient coming in with a CC of dimming in vision, and I decide it's because of his 3+ NS cataract after dilating the patient, how should I bill this encounter? Should I bill a 92*** or a 99*** and what level. I know I have to collect refraction fee from the patient. What if the patient just needs to be monitored q6months, I'm asking this because I thought to bill one of the codes, I need to initiate treatment, but if it just needs to be monitored, what do I do as far as coding?
Again, I apologize for asking so many questions. Just trying to learn how to bill correctly.