Billing For Signatures

You can't afford to not bill for your home health signatures!

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Physicians leave $200 Million on the table every year.... Don't be one of them.

 

HERE'S HOW TO BILL FOR IT

Home Health Certification

$55 (0.67 RVU)

Billing Code: G0180

*Dollar amounts represent national averages and will vary by region. 

HOME HEALTH RECERTIFICATION

$45 (0.45 RVU)

Billing Code: G0179

PAYER

  • Claims are primarily billable under the traditional Medicare Part B carrier using CMS Form 1500 or electronically.

  • Eligibility of claims submitted to non-Medicare payers depends upon your contract with that payer and may be billed under a separate code.

 

COPAY

  • Patients are responsible for a 20% copay as a Part B claim.

 

FILING THE CLAIM

  • G0180 (Home Health Certification): Billable when patient has not received Medicare covered home health services for at least 60 days. (It cannot be filed on the same date of service as the HCPCS codes for Care Plan Oversight; G0181 or G0182)

  • G0179 (Home Health Recertification): Billable when patient has received covered home health services for at least 60 days (or one certification period).

    • May submit claim only once every 60 days, except when patient starts a new episode before 60 days elapses and requires a new plan of care to start a new episode.

  • Date of Service: Date document is signed, which is what we list as the "Service Date." However, due to the required 60-day time lapse and the inconsistency of when home health companies may send the documents for signature, some practices use the episode Effective Date.

 

COMMON REASONS FOR DENIAL

  • Another provider billed for the Certification/Recertification prior to your claim submission. Only one provider can bill for these for a given home health episode, determined by the episode Effective Date.

 

OTHER NOTES

  • May be billed in addition to surgical services. Not included in the Global Surgical Period.

  • Providers that may submit claims include physicians, podiatrists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

  • Providers at Rural Health Clinics (RHC) cannot bill for signing home health documents since they are federally subsidized.