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Post starting a palliative care program in a SNF
Author: hfalton
Date: May 19, 2011 9:53 am
We are interested in starting a palliative care program in our skilled nursing facilities because we are unable to have our own hospice due to no CON available. I have been reading some of the other forums about reimbursement, and start ups. I saw CPT codes for billing this service 99304-99318, what is the actual reimbursement amount for this specialty service being provided, is it just a physician or NP visit charge or is it a set amount per day like RUG levels are?
Thank you,
Heather Falton
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Re:starting a palliative care program in a SNF (by Weissman on 05/20/2011)
Hello, reimbursement varies by location; you can access the AMA database to review billing for your region at: https://catalog.ama-assn.org/Catalog/cpt/cpt_search.jsp?checkXwho=done

CAPC does not have expertise to provide assistance with long-term care billing issues; we suggest you locate a billing specialist in your region for consultation.

Thanks

David Weissman, MD
Consultant, Center to Advance Palliative Care

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