Friday, 14 May 2010

How payment calculated for Anesthesia service?

Payment Rules

The fee schedule allowance for anesthesia services is based on a calculation that includes the anesthesia base units assigned to each anesthesia code, the anesthesia time involved, and appropriate area conversion factor. The following formulas are used to determine payment:

• Participating Physician not Medically Directing (Modifier AA)
(Base Units + Time Units) x Participating Conversion Factor = Allowance

• Non-Participating Physician not Medically Directing (Modifier AA)
(Base Units + Time Units) x Non-Participating Conversion Factor=Allowance

• Participating Physician Medically Directing (Modifier QY, QK)
(Base Units + Time Units) x Participating Conversion Factor = Allowance x 50%

• Non-Participating Physician Medically Directing (Modifier QY, QK)
(Base Units + Time Units) x Non-Participating Conversion Factor = Allowance x 50%
• Non-Medically Directed CRNA (Modifier QZ)
(Base Units + Time Units) x Participating Conversion Factor = Allowance
• CRNA Medically Directed (Modifier QX)
(Base Units + Time Units) x Participating Conversion Factor = Allowance x 50%


1 comment:

  1. Good article, but it would be better if in future you can share more about this subject. Keep posting.
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