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Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Goal Goal in Point of Care? Goal in the Laboratory? Goal in the Hospital? Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto your mother. Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto your mother.

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) To Err is Human - Building a Safer Health System A Report From The National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine 44,000 – 98,000 patients killed each year by medical mistakes Key Recommendations Center for patient safety National mandatory reporting Peer review protections Focus greater attention on patient safety FDA should increase attention to safe use of drugs

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) It is necessary to create a culture of change that embraces patient safety through shared accountability within a blameless culture. Rosina Jones, LHRM, CHRM

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Causes of Medical Mistakes 60-80% is human error Active errors Latent errors 15-20% is mechanical failure

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Three approaches to quality Remedial Alleviate the symptoms of the existing problem Corrective Eliminate the cause of existing problems or undesirable situation to prevent recurrence Preventative Eliminate the cause of potential problems

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Changing the process er – Season finale Romanos accident Not this one IDIOT

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) hile point-of-care testing (POCT) has significantly improved the timely delivery of diagnostic information for clinical decision making, the wide range of settings and operators involved in POCT add a layer of complexity to an institutions effort to ensure consistently high-quality results. Gerald J. Kost, MD, PhD. Using operator lockout to improve the performance of point-of-care blood glucose monitoring W

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Is 99.9% Good Enough? 1 hour of unsafe drinking water every month; There will be no telephone, electricity or television for 15 minutes each day. 315 entries in Webster's Dictionary will be misspelled 114,500 mismatched pairs of shoes will be shipped/year 811,000 faulty rolls of 35MM film will be purchased this year. 880,000 credit cards in circulation will turn out to have incorrect cardholder information on their magnetic strips 2,488,200 books will be shipped in the next 12 months with the wrong cover. 5,517,200 cases of soft drinks produced in the next year will be flatter than a bad tire. 1,314 phone calls will be misplaced by telecommunications services every minute. 18,322 pieces of mail will be mishandled/hour 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next 60 minutes. 2,000,000 documents will be lost by the IRS this year Your heart fails to beat 32,000 times each year. Twelve babies will be given to the wrong parents each day. 2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month. 107 incorrect medical procedures will be performed by the end of the day today. 500 incorrect surgical operations each week; 200,000 drug prescriptions will be filled incorrectly in the next 12 months. A typical day would be 24 hours long (give or take 86.4 seconds) Jeff Dewar

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Safety is part of quality Process changes ensure long-term benefit Labs have opportunity because of attention to quality issues Examine pre-analytical processes first Use technology to improve processes, address quality & examine data Quality Our healthcare delivery system is NOT safe for the patient

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) 82% of Patient Data Still Manually Recorded Source: 1999 EAC US Hospital POC Survey

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Point of Care Errors Sensa v. Non-sensa Documentation of ACT Results MD Pocket Developer (distilled water) Timing urine dipsticks Bad Patient IDs CHANGE THE PROCESS

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) You cant manage what you cant measure. Bill Hewlett

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Three things you MUST DO! 1.Barcode your patients & operators 3. Bill for point of care testing 2. Install Connectivity Christopher Fetters: Video of barcoding a patient. Video of instrument download, data management station, computer room, Bills printing off, money falling, patient accounting department Graphics with poof on previous, then diminishing graphic of current one Find a bite mark for these… Christopher Fetters: Video of barcoding a patient. Video of instrument download, data management station, computer room, Bills printing off, money falling, patient accounting department Graphics with poof on previous, then diminishing graphic of current one Find a bite mark for these…

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Objectives You should bill for point of care testing! Point of care billing is profitable! Billing for point of care improves patient care!

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Why bill? Gives credit among admin to program (You get what you pay for) Count workload Ought to be paid for services Recoup costs Continue to upgrade technology Add FTEs to improve control Good for patient care

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) We S-H-O-U-L-D bill for Point of Care Testing

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) We should bill for point of care testing. Q.HOW? Q. WHY? A.The same way we do for all other laboratory testing. A. Because it is laboratory testing.

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Point of Care Testing is Lab Testing Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA 88) American Medical Association (AMA) Medicare

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) CLIA 88 Certifies testing Agents of the laboratory Human specimens Based on complexity, not setting

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) CLIAs View of In Vitro Testing CLIA requires all entities that perform even one test, including waived test on... materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings to meet certain Federal requirements. If an entity performs tests for these purposes, it is considered under CLIA to be a laboratory and must register with the CLIA program.

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) AMAs CPT Codes Defines code for medical procedures Laboratory testing in the range: to CPT Codes for POC Waived Glucose – Urine dipstick – ACT – Fecal occult blood

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Medicare Medicare Part A Inpatient Reimbursed by Fiscal Intermediary Medicare Part B Outpatient/POLs Reimbursed by Carrier Florida (Regional Office: Atlanta) Part A - First Coast Service Options, Inc. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company Part B - First Coast Service Options, Inc.

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Inpatient Medicare Billing Process Patient discharged Physician discharge summary and diagnoses Medical Records Coder ICD-9 codes Grouper DRG code Upload to Medicare Payment under Prospective Payment System (PPS) Upload hospital cost report Christopher Fetters: Set this up as an animation or video Christopher Fetters: Set this up as an animation or video codes - Clinically cohesive groups Similar consumption of hospital resources Similar length of stay patterns - 30,000 codes - Standardized codes for diagnosis - Formulated by the World Health Organization (WHO) - ICD-10CM is coming…

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Use of the cost report Globally PPS based on averages Set next years DRG reimbursement schedule Locally Cost to charge ratio Christopher Fetters: Illustrate the averages going down because point of care testing is absent. Illustrate the cost to charge ratio Illustrate the lump sum payment at the end of the year. Illustrate the Part A to Part B Rollover Christopher Fetters: Illustrate the averages going down because point of care testing is absent. Illustrate the cost to charge ratio Illustrate the lump sum payment at the end of the year. Illustrate the Part A to Part B Rollover

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Example DRG Primary Diagnosis: ICD – Bypass, aortocoronary Medicare Average Reimbursement: $37,000 DRG 106: Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization Secondary Diagnoses: Valvuloplasty, Atherectomy, Catheterization, Angiocardiogram, or Arteriogram ICD-9 DRG $$ Christopher Fetters: Set this up as a flow chart. Get video of medical records, picture of discharge notes, doctor writing discharge notes Christopher Fetters: Set this up as a flow chart. Get video of medical records, picture of discharge notes, doctor writing discharge notes

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Medicare contractors QUESTION Part A - Coverage Is CPT a covered service for inpatients? ANSWER Inpatient claims submitting for Glucose, blood by glucose monitoring device(s) cleared by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) specifically for home use is a covered procedure and reimbursed DRG for hospitals or RUG for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). [ CHISOLM BCBS TRAILBLAZER 12 QUESTION Is CPT a covered service for inpatient claims? ANSWER Inpatient claims submitted for Glucose, blood by glucose monitoring device(s) cleared by the FDA specifically for home use, is a covered procedure and reimbursed as a portion of the Prospective Payment System for Hospital and Skilled Nursing care inpatient services. [ QUESTION Part A - Coverage Is CPT a covered service for inpatients? ANSWER Inpatient claims submitting for Glucose, blood by glucose monitoring device(s) cleared by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) specifically for home use is a covered procedure and reimbursed DRG for hospitals or RUG for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). [ QUESTION Part A - Coverage Is CPT a covered service for inpatients? ANSWER Inpatient claims submitting for Glucose, blood by glucose monitoring device(s) cleared by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) specifically for home use is a covered procedure and reimbursed DRG for hospitals or RUG for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). [ Waive d Test

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Covers procedures in CPT Range Set reimbursement rate (Medicare Part B) Update yearly by Medicare Medicare (

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Setting charges for analytes Using the Clinical Lab Fee Schedule DONT Glucose (82962) $3.03 Use lab/hospital Charge Master Suggest NCCLS GP-11A Basic Cost Accounting for Laboratories Calculate using worksheets (Direct cost + Indirect cost) X Hospital multiplier X

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Medicare Payment Policies National National Coverage Decisions 23 lab analytes In effect Nov, 2002 Final Rule: Federal Register 11/23/2001 Administered by Federal Law Local LMRP (Local Medical Review Policy) Administered by Carrier

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Medicare National Coverage Decision Specifically addresses glucose testing Lists ICD-9 for medical necessity Lists reasons for denial Also covers CPT Christopher Fetters: Picture of someone putting a grey top on a core lab instrument Christopher Fetters: Picture of someone putting a grey top on a core lab instrument

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Who says I can bill for POCT? Medicare Compliance Consultants Other hospitals Christopher Fetters: Gradient picture of Consultant, Government building, Hospital Christopher Fetters: Gradient picture of Consultant, Government building, Hospital

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) What hospitals? Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, Wellspan Health, Baystate Medical, Mercy Health, Henry Ford Hospital, Bay Medical Center (Panama City, FL), Merle West Medical Center, Emory University Hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Hershey Medical Center, Methodist Medical Center, Geisinger Health System, Mobile Infirmary, Lancaster General, SSM Health Care, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, MCCG (Macon, GA), St. Vincent Hospital Santa Fe Regional Medical Center, Mercy Health Partners, Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, Concord Hospital (Concord, NH), PinnacleHealth System … Just to name a few!

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) AACC Conference Call Poll (2003) Q: For which POCT procedures does your institution receive reimbursement? Glucose only (22%) Coagulation (PT/INR) only (30%) Glucose and coagulation only (22%) All POCT charges are billed (26%)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) lab tests? What is required to bill lab tests? CLIA Number Physician order Reasonable and necessary (SSA 1862(a)(1)(A)) Physician must use to manage pt care (42 CFR , ) Result to physician promptly (implicit)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Medicare National Coverage Decision Specifically addresses glucose testing CPT Codes ICD-9 for medical necessity Reasons for denial Absence of signs or symptoms Routine physical (such as employee physical or community health fair) Failure to provide medical necessity Not ordered by physician Failure to have CLIA certificate Testing performed on device not FDA approved

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) How do I bill? Manual Billing Christopher Fetters: Video of someone filling out a lab card, video of someone docking each type of instrument, video of nurse with stickers on uniform, video of using a pyxis, video of using a data management workstation – Add slide to show increased revenue with data management. Christopher Fetters: Video of someone filling out a lab card, video of someone docking each type of instrument, video of nurse with stickers on uniform, video of using a pyxis, video of using a data management workstation – Add slide to show increased revenue with data management % Missed charges Data management

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) AACC Conference Call Poll (2003) Q: What are your major stumbling blocks to POC billing? Too great an investment to set up infrastructure (24%) The lab director or finance department has told us we cannot bill (34%) Consultant told us we cannot bill (8%) We are waiting for connectivity (34%)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Why dont hospitals bill? How did we get here? 15 years ago…

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) If you dont do it excellently, dont do it at all. Because if its not excellent, it wont be profitable. If it is not excellent, it wont be fun and if youre not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing here? Robert Townsend

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Point of Care Billing is PROFITABLE! Point of Care Billing is PROFITABLE! Christopher Fetters: Add spice to all three major points… maybe Flash-animate these three screens Christopher Fetters: Add spice to all three major points… maybe Flash-animate these three screens

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Laboratory Trends Profits Costs

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Where have all the grey tubes gone? Dade Behring Christopher Fetters: Movie of racks of grey top tubes, putting grey tubes on core instrument. Poof Money leaves as point of care instruments are introduced. Lined up instruments on table being linearitead. Training nurses to perform point of care testing. Flash through glucose, ACT, urine dipstick, hemoccult and all other point of care testing. Christopher Fetters: Movie of racks of grey top tubes, putting grey tubes on core instrument. Poof Money leaves as point of care instruments are introduced. Lined up instruments on table being linearitead. Training nurses to perform point of care testing. Flash through glucose, ACT, urine dipstick, hemoccult and all other point of care testing. Roche

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Payor mix (typical) Medicare / Medicaid (45-60%) Managed care (20-40%) Fee for Service (15-25%) Other (remaining)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Billing can improve Patient Care! Christopher Fetters: Improve this with a sexy picture collage of nursing, operating room, etc… Christopher Fetters: Improve this with a sexy picture collage of nursing, operating room, etc…

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Billing can improve patient care More FTEs = Better quality More leverage with physicians and nurses Show ROI on Data Management Financial and clinical justification for new point of care analytes POC Billing creates more nursing positions Christopher Fetters: Picture of a discontented nurse with her arms crossed. Picture of doctor signing patient chart. Illustrate data management Show form with clinical and financial justification request. Christopher Fetters: Picture of a discontented nurse with her arms crossed. Picture of doctor signing patient chart. Illustrate data management Show form with clinical and financial justification request.

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Potential Your mission… POC Committee Create an impact worksheet Pt volumes X Charges = Gross Charges Gross Charges X Fee for service % = Net Revenue Potential Billing investigation committee (Ad hoc) POC Coordinator (& Staff) Medical Director Lab Manager / Administrative Director Lab Business Operations Mgr LIS Supervisor Patient Accounting Nursing Admin Managed Care Contracts

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Conclusion You should bill for point of care testing! Point of care billing is profitable! Billing for point of care improves patient care! Christopher Fetters: Include montage of point of care, data management, money, instruments, downloading, nurse taking care of patients. Build the montage with lots of dissolved shots… Needs to create a picture of something as it builds. Like a dollar sign or fade into the face of a patient or something… Christopher Fetters: Include montage of point of care, data management, money, instruments, downloading, nurse taking care of patients. Build the montage with lots of dissolved shots… Needs to create a picture of something as it builds. Like a dollar sign or fade into the face of a patient or something…

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Questions? Christopher Fetters Nova Biomedical (781) x293 (781) Fax Christopher Fetters: Include stylized Nextivity Logo, Picture of me…etc. Christopher Fetters: Include stylized Nextivity Logo, Picture of me…etc.

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Frequently asked questions 1. DRG = No money Why bill? Medicare cost report Other payors 2. What CPT code for glucose? or : Glucose, blood by glucose monitoring device(s) cleared by the FDA specifically for home use 510K approval by the FDA 3. Venipuncture charge G0001? Example: 4. This procedure is just part of the nursing room charge 5. Repeat testing? 22

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) FAQ – Nursing Room Charge "Routine services" as defined in Medicare regulations found at 42CFR (B) are: "Routine services means the regular room, dietary and nursing services, minor medical equipment and surgical supplies and the use of equipment and facilities for which a separate charge is not customarily made. The Provider Reimbursement Manual also defines routine services at section "Inpatient routine services in a hospital...generally are those services included by the provider in a daily service charge – sometimes referred to as the room and board charge. Routine services are composed of two broad components: (1) general routine services and (2) special care units, including coronary care units and intensive care units. Included in routine services are the regular room, dietary and nursing services, minor medical and surgical supplies, medical social services, psychiatric social services and the use of certain equipment and facilities for which a separate charge is not customarily made." The Provider Reimbursement Manual defines Ancillary Services at section as follows: "Ancillary services in a hospital...include laboratory, radiology, drugs, delivery room, operating room and therapy services. Ancillary services may also include other special items and services for which charges are customarily made in addition to a routine service charge." 23

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) FAQ – Repeat Glucose testing Question from ASF (AdminaStar Federal, Inc.) to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, formerly HCFA) In November we spoke of CMSs requirement that to be deemed reasonable and necessary a physician must use the result of a test in the management of a beneficiarys specific problem (Program Memorandum AB ). In the instance where a physician has ordered repeated testssuch as a glucose test ordered every half hourwe asked if ASF interprets the requirement to mean a lab or hospital must contact a physician with the results of each test and request another before a repeat test can be performed. ASF replied with a statement from its Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) on glucose monitoring: For purposes of this policy prompt physician notification means prior to the next blood glucose test or within eight hours, whichever is sooner. We accept ASFs assurance that this requirement is only applied to the outpatient setting, but there is still a problem with outpatient observation and emergency services, where the physician is often quite specific with his/her plan of care, and will order a series of glucose tests with precise instructions on how to proceed based on their results. Does ASFs opinion about the need to personally contact a physician with the results of a repeat test before another test can be performed extend to emergency patients or to those who have been admitted to outpatient observation?. Answer from CMS: The intent of the policy was not that it be applied to Emergency Department patients or those in observation status, who would be receiving frequent attendance by the physician. [ 24

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Medicare Medicare Intermediary Manual All laboratory testing must be reimbursed under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Laboratory testing is an ancillary service (415.5) Laboratory services are covered under Medicare as a payable service (210.5) Transmittal AB & AB Laboratory test charges must be reflected on the cost report Laboratory test charges must be uploaded with department code 30x

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Payment for glucose testing (Outpatient) When glucose meets the criteria… payment must be made. Denial of payment for Part B covered laboratory service cannot be made on the basis that the service is routine care. Medicare Transmittal AB CR 1362 (Dec 2000)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Point of Care Billing Impact (Inpatient) Inpatient volume:100,000 Charge per test:$14.60 (avg. $12-25) Yearly charges:$1.5 M REVENUE FROM PAYORS: Medicare/Medicaid (55%):$0 Managed Care (30%):$0 Fee-for-Service (15%):$219,000 TOTAL IP REVENUE:$219,000 Christopher Fetters: Worksheet with places to fill in numbers and calculate impact for point of care program. Christopher Fetters: Worksheet with places to fill in numbers and calculate impact for point of care program. Glucose: Yearly Total Volume: 300,000 Yearly Patient Volume: 200,000 (2/3 of total, waste, QC, repeats)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Point of Care Billing Impact (Outpatient) Outpatient volume:100,000 Charge per test:$14.60 (avg. $12-25) Yearly charges:$1.5 M REVENUE FROM PAYORS: Medicare/Medicaid (55%):$177,650 ($3.23 CLFS on 55,000 tests) Managed Care (30%):$0 Fee-for-Service (15%):$219,000 TOTAL IP REVENUE:$396,650 Christopher Fetters: Worksheet with places to fill in numbers and calculate impact for point of care program. Christopher Fetters: Worksheet with places to fill in numbers and calculate impact for point of care program. Glucose: Yearly Total Volume: 300,000 Yearly Patient Volume: 200,000 (2/3 of total, waste, QC, repeats)

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Point of Care Billing Impact Glucose: Inpatient:$219,000 Outpatient:$396,650 Revenue:$615,650 ACT: Volume:48,000 pt tests Charge:$28.00 Billables:$1.3M Revenue:$195,000 Urine dipstick: Volume:35,000 pt tests Charge:$9.00 Billables:$315,000 Revenue:$47,250 ABG: Volume:11,000 pt tests Charge:$55.00 Billables:$605,000 Revenue:$90,750 Only 4 analytes: Hemoccult, Strep-A, Urine Pregnancy, Cardiac Markers, Drug Screens, h. pylori, Gastroccult, PT, pH, Hemoglobin, HbA1C, Provider Performed Microscopy

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Total Impact (VERY CONSERVATIVE) TestBillablesRevenue Glucose 2,900,000615,650 ACT 1,300,000195,000 Urine dip 315,00047,250 ABG 605,00090,750 Total 5,120,000948,650

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Profit Strip usage:300,000 (total) Revenue: $615,650 Vial cost:$25 Strip cost:$.50 Total strip cost:$150,000 Gloves, gauze, alcohol, lancet: $.50 Total disposables:$150,000 FTE (POCC):$45,000 Data Management:$75,000

Point of Care Billing: Yes You Can! First Coast Point of Care Coordinators (13 May 2005) Payment for glucose testing (Outpatient) When glucose meets the criteria… payment must be made. Denial of payment for Part B covered laboratory service cannot be made on the basis that the service is routine care. Medicare Transmittal AB CR 1362 (Dec 2000)