Showing posts with label medicaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicaid. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Lump Sum Purchase of DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics

For injection codes with more than one possible TOS designation, use the following guidelines when assigning the TOS:
When the choice is P or 1,

  • Use TOS P if the drug is administered through durable medical equipment (DME); or
  • Use TOS 1 if the drug is administered in the office.

Diagnosis Related Group {DRG} Meaning

DRG is a system to classify hospital cases into one of Approximately 500 groups, also referred to as DRG'S expected to have similar hospital resource use. They have used in US since 1983. There is more than one DRG system being used in the United States, but only the MS-DRG system is used by Medicare. 

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Saturday, 22 December 2012

Types Of Insurance (Medical Billing)


Insurance Types

1 Federal Insurance

2 Private Insurance   3 Liability Insurance

lFederal Insurance:
l1. Medicare
l  * Part A (Hospital Insurance)
l  * Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance)
l  * Part C (Medicare + Choice)
l  * Part D ( Prescription Drug)
l2. Medicaid
l3. CHAMPUS (Civilian Health And Medical Program for Uniform 
Services)
 
l4. CHAMPVA (Civilian Health And Medical Program of   
 Department of Veteran  Affairs)
 
lPrivate Insurance:
lMedigap
lIHP
lGHP
lLiability Insurance:
l* General Liability ( fire, house owner’s Risk, etc.,)
l* Auto Insurance
l* Workers Compensation