Don’t miss the revenue opportunity in a doctor’s virtual consult request
Effective Sep 9, 2021
Published Sep 13, 2021
Last Reviewed Sep 9, 2021
Question: The specialists at our practice regularly perform what we call virtual consults and we’re wondering if there’s any payment for their work. Typically, a primary care physician will call or send an email asking for advice on treating one of their patients. It usually takes our doctors a few minutes to review the data the requesting doctor provides and email a reply. But some cases are complicated and include review of several test results, some research and long conversations with the requesting doctor. The patient does not come to our office and, in most cases, our physicians have never seen the patient. We know we can’t bill an office visit (99202-99215), a consult (99241-99245 or 99251-99255) or a virtual visit (G2010 or G2012). Are there any other options?
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