MedicareFind Forum: Outpatient therapeutic services on date of inpatient discharge
Medicare Weekly Update, March 30, 2010
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Weigh in on a recent MedicareFind Forum question:
I've been trying to locate Medicare regulations to support the billing of outpatient therapeutic services that are unrelated to the inpatient admission rendered on the date of inpatient hospital discharge. I have found Chapter 1, General Billing Requirements, Page 257.
Can a hospital bill for OP therapeutic services on the same date a patient was discharged from inpatient?
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