Palliative care programs can produce revenues from physician services. And, depending upon state regulations, reimbursement may exist for other professional non-physician services.

Update on Billing and Coding Practices for Palliative Care Services

This presentation provides coding “crosswalks” to the proper code selection, which varies by payer. Particular emphasis is placed on how to handle consults billed on time, how to use the prolonged care codes and the appropriate definition of a “new patient.” In addition, the presentation provides examples of likely Relative Value Units (RVU) and revenue impact based upon palliative care coding patterns along with recommendations for the review of current results and ongoing challenges to coding and collection.