With the unbundling of non-face-to-face prolonged service codes (99358, 99359) this year, you gained a brand new way to get paid for the work you do behind the scenes. But don't get dreams of going hog-wild -- you'll be limited to reporting two hours total.
Should you conduct two hours of work and report the non-face-to-face services to the fullest extent possible, that leaves you with an incoming payment of about $223, according to national estimates. That's not bad for the extra leg work you're conducting, especially considering that such work heretofore went unpaid.
Part B News is monitoring the roll-out of the prolonged service codes and will keep you updated as billing reports trickle in. Remember that
you can get a game plan for prolonged services during the 3/28 live event with coding expert Maxine Lewis.