Evaluation and Management: Adhere To Specific Rules Before Reporting Telephone Care

Phone consults could earn you as much as $25.48 from payers, except Medicare.

Physicians and their patients spend more and more time on the phone for consultations these days, but is this service a no-no? If you're asking whether or not you can make money out of this service, the answer is yes. Then again, just like other consultation codes, you have to stick to some guidelines.

Downside: Medicare will not pay for patient consultations performed over the phone. Other payers may, however, so you will have to check with them on a case-by-case basis.

When you bill for telephone services, you would [...]

- Published on 2011-10-10