Coding and Physician Reimbursement Background Information

L. Neal Freeman, MD, MBA, FACS, President and Founder of CPR Analysts, Inc., enjoys a nationwide following for his regular columns on coding and physician reimbursement background information in Ophthalmology Times. The following articles provide insights into this ever-changing field.

• Consultation services carry high values, but rules are changing
• Medicare website remains an informational goldmine
• Practice expense has big impact on physician payments
• Coverage policies guide coding for procedures and tests
• Resource-based relative value scale dictates revenue stream
• Physician payments hinge on sustainable growth rate factor
• See your future with competition analysis (from Ophthalmology Management)
• The National Correct Coding Initiative and bundling
• Glaucoma surgical coding remains a challenge
• Physician fee schedules, coding are closely related