May 2nd, 2017
New physicians
OHIP billing numbers, also known as provider numbers, are 6 digit numbers that identify physicians in Ontario for OHIP billing purposes. If you’re a recent graduate about to get started in practice, you can work without a billing number… but …
April 11th, 2017
OHIP Billing CodesHospital billing, Hospital Master Number
Each OHIP claim has a number of required elements. The OHIP fee schedule code and patient demographics are basic requirements across the board. Depending on the medical service provided additional information such as the diagnosis, admit date, and hospital master …
February 3rd, 2017
Articles of InterestE082, E083, Hospital OHIP billing, K002, K013, K050, K630, OHIP billing, Psychiatry, Schedule of Benefits, Surgery
With the current climate of MOH clawbacks and healthcare cuts, Ontario’s Phyicians know that every claim counts. If ever there was a time to take a closer look at where you might be losing out on OHIP income, it’s now.
Darren Salmond December 9th, 2016
Accounting & IncorporationAccounting, Incorporation, Medicine Professional Corporation
Now that your medicine professional corporation is operating you must understand when certain tax filings are due. If you don’t, you may incur unnecessary non-deductible interest and penalties. When you were self-employed, you only had to worry about paying your …
December 2nd, 2016
Articles of InterestOHIP cut-Off
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas! Think that’s a tight deadline? Well … think again! The MOHLTC gives us all an early gift around this time of year. The usual deadline to submit claims for payment is …
October 31st, 2016
Inside Hospitalist BillingAdmission premium, E082, E083, Hospital billing, Hospitalist, MRP codes
Many physicians working in a hospital setting have heard of admission and MRP premiums but they don’t always apply the premiums when appropriate. Below, we look at the E082 MRP (most responsible physician) admission premium and the E083 MRP premium …
October 14th, 2016
Error Codes, Remittance Advice36, A36, ADF, DF, Error codes, RA Inquiry, Remittance advice
As we’ve mentioned before, 3 character OHIP rejection codes come up on error reports, while 2 character codes are found on the Remittance Advice payment report that comes from the Ministry of Health monthly. Rejection codes often have counterparts for …
September 30th, 2016
Remittance AdviceC8, Explanatory codes, H3, H5, M1, MD, Rejection codes, Remittance advice
We’ve all seen OHIP rejection codes on the remittance advice summary sent monthly by the Ministry of Health, but many physicians aren’t sure what they mean, or what to do about rejected codes.
September 2nd, 2016
Error Codes, Remittance AdviceA615, ADF, DF, Error codes, Special Visit Premiums
It’s back to school time, and we’ve returned with more lessons on error codes. Our most recent request a blog querent wanted to know how to deal with the ADF error code. ADF Error Code – corresponding procedure rejected A recent …
June 9th, 2016
Error CodesA3H, AC1, Error codes, Schedule of Benefits, V23, V39
A new subscriber asked for our help this month in dealing with the A3H error code. We decided to go the extra mile and cover the most common error codes dealing with maximums. Read on to find out how to correct your claims for resubmission… and get them paid this time!
June 2nd, 2016
Inside Psychiatry BillingData, OHIP billing, Psychiatry
Interested in seeing the stats on OHIP billing for Psychiatry? Check out JCL’s infographic here.