As a follow-up to last month’s article on how often an optometrist can bill diagnostic tests for reimbursement, this month we discuss reimbursement for screening tests. Screenings are commonly used prior to an eye exam. While they can aid the optometrist in identifying ocular disease early, they can also cause reimbursement complications, as we will discuss below.
This article was published in Optometric Management, which is written by written by Corcoran’s Associate Consultant, Brandy H. Sperry, COMT, CPC, COE, CPMA. To view the entire article in Retinal Physician, click on the link below:
https://www.optometricmanagement.com/issues/2023/april-2023/business-coding-strategy