Optometry Billing

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Optometry

• Medical Reimbursement for Low Vision

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A glance at Optometry billing

• With the vast scope of Optometry, the billing
  process is loaded with provocations that have
  taken a toll on the practices, leaving them with
  little time on patient care.
• Its truly frustrating and confusing for
  physicians to understand different approaches
  to assessing quality of health care system.
  Determining that low vision services may not be
  reimbursed under their health care plan including
  Medicare and managed Medicare may be even more
  annoying.

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KEY QUESTIONS

• Do healthcare insurance plans cover a low vision
  exam?
• Do they cover low vision rehabilitation?

LOW VISION CODING
At the current situation, Medicare does not
reimburse low vision examinations. If the purpose
of the office visit is strictly for low vision,
the service may not be reimbursed.
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WHAT DO THEY COVER

• Medicare pays for the diagnosis and treatment of
  sickness and illness accompanied by a patient
  symptom. The office visit may also be physician
  directed. The same is typically true for other
  health care insurance carriers.
• Patient symptoms pertaining to visual impairments
  should be clearly documented as part of your
  patient's case history.

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EFFICIENT BILLING WORKFLOW CYCLE

• An effective billing workflow Cycle is of utmost
  importance
• An ideal workflow cycle should include
  components, each with its own process duly
  customized to the requirement
• Delivering accurate and quality results is
  achieved by following and efficient billing
  process

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EFECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT PRACTICES

• Optometry billing practices with respect to
  reimbursements must be optimized to avoid fraud,
  waste and abuse.
• Efficient billing and coding will enable decrease
  in denial claims and external audits rates, thus
  increasing reimbursements and creating an
  effective Revenue Cycle Management

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MBCS ROLE IN MAXOMIZING OPTOMETRY REVENUES

• With a long experience and thorough knowledge of
  the optometry billing process, MBC has been
  successful in streamlining the revenue cycle
  management.
• Our services have enabled 35 savings for our
  clients and have reduced their AR days to 21. Our
  16 years of experience gives leverage ensuring
  our efforts turn into your profit.

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