mississippi rural health association advanced billing for rhcs by: joanie perkins, cpc

Mississippi Rural Health Association

Advanced Billing for RHCs

By: Joanie Perkins, CPC

Objectives► Understand what can be bundled

► What services qualify for RHC

► How to bill hospital services

► How to bill preventive services

Objectives► How to bill Diabetic Education

► How to bill Mental Health Services

► Claims Submission

► DDE (Direct Data Entry)

99211 Office Visits► E/M code 99211 is commonly used for nursing visits, (injection administration, etc.), even though physicians sometimes bill them.

99211 Office Visits► For RHC purposes, these are NOT considered encounters.

► They are often reimbursed for commercial payers.

More on 99211► If a service is a 99211 and

performed by a nurse, it does not qualify as an encounter.

More on 99211► If it was performed by a provider:

a. It could be under-coded

b. The service does not require the expertise of a provider (not medically necessary)

Hospital Services► Physician services at the

hospital are billed to Novitas Medicare Part B for

fee-for-service reimbursement.

Hospital Services► If the parent-entity of the

provider based RHC is a Critical Access Hospital

(CAH) using option II billing-out-patient hospital services are billed to the parent’s FI.

Preventive Services

► Medicare Preventive Services are partially payable as encounters.

Preventive ServicesInclude

► Welcome to Medicare Physical

► Screening Pay/Pelvic Exam

► Cardiovascular Screening

Welcome to Medicare Physical

► The professional component for covered preventive services are payable as an RHC encounter.

Welcome to Medicare Physical

► Diagnostic tests will be billed to the Part B carrier or Hospital FI.

► Only payable once per lifetime.

Welcome to Medicare Physical

► Deductible and Co-Insurance do not apply.

► Must be completed within 12 months of Medicare entitlement.

Other Preventive Services

► The professional component for the biennial screening pap/pelvic exam can be billed as an encounter. The labs will be billed to the carrier or hospital FI.

Other Preventive Services

► All diagnostic tests for the cardiovascular screening

are billed to the Part B carrier or Hospital FI.

Other Preventive Services

► Encounters that are normally non-covered with Medicare part B are not covered under RHC.

Diabetic and Nutrition Counseling

► These are incident to the physician or mid-level

services. Bundle them into the charge.

Diabetic and Nutrition Counseling

► These cannot be billed to the Medicare Part B carrier and by themselves do not qualify as an encounter.

Diabetic and Nutrition Counseling

► The costs for these services are included in the cost report.

Mental Health Services

► Mental Health Services performed by a qualified provider are billed using revenue code 900.

Mental Health Services► Diagnostic services are paid as an encounter.

► Therapeutic services are subject to a 62.5%

payment limitation.

Claim Submission► Visits with more than one RHC professional on the same day are one encounter.

► TriSpan will allow an RHC encounter and a hospital admission on the same day.

Claim Submission► Theoretically, two encounters on the same day but for different diagnoses are payable.

Claim Submission

► An RHC encounter and a mental health visit on the

same day are payable

Revenue CodesThe following revenue codes are

used on UB04 claims:

►0521 clinic visit at RHC by qualified provider

Revenue Codes►0522 Home visit by RHC

provider

►0524 Visit by RHC provider to a Part A SNF bed

Revenue Codes

►0525 Visit by RHC provider to a SNF, NF or other residentialfacility (non-Part A).

Revenue Codes

► 0527 Visiting nurse service in home health shortage

area.

►0528 Visit by RHC provider to other non-RHC site

(scene of accident)

DDEDirect Data Entry

► Work returned claims electronically.

► Access to the Common Working File for beneficiary

eligibility and benefits.

DDEDirect Data Entry

► Correct and enter claims online.

► Review status of suspended, pended, and paid claims.

RHC Resources

► NARHC List Serve – just remember, it’s public and

you can’t discuss setting fees.

RHC Resources► Riverbend

www.rgbagov.com

► Riverbend LCDhttp://www.rgbagov.com/

publications/lcd/lcd-files/4874.html*

More Resources►Main Site

www.cms.hhs.gov

► Online Manuals www.cms.hhs.gov/Manuals/IOM/list.asp?listpage=1

►CMS Rural Health Centerwww.cms.hhs.gov/center/rural.asp

Contact InformationJoanie Perkins, CPC(662) 756-1703Joanie.perkins@northsunflower.com