Visits are now coded with new or follow-up patient
evaluation and management codes.
Responding to the cabinet-members' letter, the American Hospital Association noted that the Medicare and Medicaid payment rules are increasingly complex and that hospital EDs were using
evaluation and management codes that were developed with office-based physicians in mind.
Responding to the letter, the American Hospital Association noted that the Medicare and Medicaid payment rules are increasingly complex and that hospital EDs were using
evaluation and management codes that developed with office-based physicians in mind.
Responding to the cabinetmembers' letter, the American Hospital Association noted that the Medicare and Medicaid payment rules are increasingly complex and that hospital EDs were using
evaluation and management codes that developed with office-based physicians in mind.
Physicians bill for these encounters using
evaluation and management codes.
The selection of office
evaluation and management codes appears to be subjective, with significant degrees of difference noted between physicians and professional coders using the same guidelines.