It’s a Headache Literally!

As the cost of providing neurology related healthcare services continues to rise, medical institutions and neurology practices cannot afford to leave revenue uncollected by medical billing companies or freelancers that are not knowledgeable in neurology billing. It is also important to keep in mind some billing companies may promote themselves as large neurology billing service providers but in reality they sub-contract the neurology billing to freelancers who work from home. Hiring such companies will lead to lost revenue because of the lack of proper process, controls, and training.

Deep familiarity and comfort with neurology procedures and terminology does not come from serving one or two neurologists. Neurology billing success requires both broad and deep expertise in order to collect all of the money owed the neurologist and successfully appeal claims which have been denied or answer questions the payers may have about a claim.

A typical shortcoming with medical billing services that do not specialize in neurology billing is the inability to properly track and pursue insurance underpayments. These underpayments cost most neurologists about 10% of their potential income.

The Problem

Balancing your duties as a neurologist with managing your billing in-house can sap both the time and energy of busy neurologists. You might find yourself spending more time studying neurology billing codes than seeing patients — and even then, you might be leaving money on the table when you use the wrong codes.

TerraMed “The Solution”

Our team understands that Cardiology specific CPT codes such as 93451, 93456, and 93503 are not allowed to be attached with modifier 51. While billing, cardiologists are required to report most non-congenital procedures with a single code.

Our experts updates – Imaging supervision, interpretation & reports are included with injection procedure & cannot be reported separately in the case of all cardiac catheterization procedures.