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Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

Health care providers are helped by diagnostic testing to screen for or monitor particular diseases or conditions. It also helps assess patient health to make clinical decisions for patient care. The laboratory testing and require clinical laboratories is regulated by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to be certificated by their state as well as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) before they can accept human samples for diagnostic testing. Multiple kinds of CLIA

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If a Rendering Provider terminates his/her services to group, how can we still get paid for the services provided by different providers within the Group?

This is a common question that most of the providers ask. Many of Group Owners are reluctant to know that if the provider has terminated his/her services to the group than, how they’ll get the reimbursements for the patients? You need to keep in mind that, every individual provider within the group act like Individual Provider (Rendering Provider), while his/her role is limited to only providing services to the patients. A Group acts like a

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I’ve recently purchased established Medical Practice. Can I submit the claims to the Insurances from the first day as an In-Network?

There are two different situations to submit the claims to the Insurances. Submitting Claims under the Established Tax ID If you are submitting the claims under the same Tax ID and same Providers are working under the Group, you can submit the claims to the Insurances. For the provider’s addition within the group, all you need to do is to get them linked with the group. Submitting Claims under New Tax ID If you are

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As an Out of Network Can we bill to the Insurances?

Yes, we can bill to the insurances but the Insurances will entertain the claims as an Out of Network. For such patients who are Out of Network, practice should first inquire Out-of-Network benefits from patient’s insurance and explain the situation to the patient. If patient agree to pay. You can take the patient as an Out of Network. Read Also: Billing Tips for Non-Credentialed Providers Remember, there are several insurance payers, who do not entertain

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