RE: Billing patients from residency as new patient visits

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Marius

you cannot bill them as new patients. Anyone you've seen face to face in

the past 3 years is established to you.

here's a link to an article which is straightforward:

http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20030900/33unde.html

Has a good flow diagram to distinguish new from established

Lynn

>

>Reply-To:

>To:

>Subject: Billing patients from residency as new

>patient visits

>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:19:06 -0000

>

>As previously mentioned, I am a naive yet entrepreneurial IMP

>upst-artist. I will take a few of my patients with me from residency,

>which theoretically means I have to bill them as established patients

>from the get-go.

>

>Now, I never billed under my own name (the residency billed under the

>director's name). Does that mean I can actually bill these as new

>patients or am I just booking a seat in prison?

>

>Thanks for clarification

>Marius

>

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