As we’ve mentioned in earlier blog posts, the Ministry of Health states that the cut-off to submit claims for payment is always the 18th of the month. However, with the December holiday season, the MOH has requested a much early cut-off date for submissions.
In the world of OHIP Hospitalist Billing, few codes lead to as much confusion as the ‘day of discharge’ code – C124. Below, we’ll look at a few common situations, and clarify the use of this code.
Psychiatry billing codes in Ontario can take a bit of time to get used to, as it is a specialty with unique codes that are not always intuitive. We will review the most common out-patient psychiatry codes in the next …
This past Wednesday was “Take Our Kids to Work” day in Canada. The program encourages Grade 9 students to go to work with their parents, friends, and relatives. JCL got to participate in this great initiative this year.
By now, all of our clients and readers should have heard about the switch from EDT to MCEDT – the new online method of medical claims transmission. If you haven’t, it’s time to read up and get registered – the …
Psychiatry is a specialty that has greater variety in the codes one can bill. This is due to the nature of the specialty: treatment can involve medical and pharmacological interventions, as well as one on one therapy. We will explore …
Hospitalists, from an OHIP billing standpoint, are rather limited in their billing options. Below, we go through codes that are payable on top of MRP codes.
At JCL, we manage the billing needs for several dozen Internal Medicine and GP hospitalists. These physicians serve a very important role in a hospital setting because they provide daily monitoring and care for in-patients.
These blogs are designed to provide our physicians and followers with insights they can use to better their medical billing practices. Now and then, however, something happens that causes me to deviate from that path.
Chronic diseases require more management, and certainly call for more consistent outpatient follow up, than acute or short term health conditions. The chronic disease assessment premium (E078) is a percentage based premium payable on certain outpatient assessments.