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Re: US docs only. Telephone consults From: Dr. Lynn Montgomery (lmontgomery@communitymed.org) Tue Feb 27 10:37:08 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Doppler for office u/s. Was: ?hetertopic pregnancy" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults" I agree completely. I am tired of my wife calling me an idiot for allowing this to happen. She keeps saying, "y'all are doing this to yourselves". I always reflect back on my mechanic growing up-"Sparky". He was an retired marine. I just try to picture his reaction if I told him that I was only going to allow him to bill me $100 for his brake job rather than his billed $300. Isn't this America? Lynn -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of art fougner, md Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Re: US docs only. Telephone consults look for ... the union label... art At Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Dr. Lynn Montgomery wrote: > > The difference is that the attorneys have not allowed a third party into >the picture. We have screwed ourselves by allowing insurance companies to >dictate our practices and billing. If we all had enough balls, we would all >tell them where to get off. The problem is there is always a weenie down >the street that will continue to accept insurance... > >Lynn > Here are the CPT Codes fro Phone consultations: > > 99371 > > Physician phone consultation > > 99372 > > Physician phone consultation > > 99373 > > Physician phone consultation > > Furthermore, there is no RVU listed for them. The insurers will not pay >for these codes either. > > However if you call your Attorney, the clock starts clicking and you do >get charged. > > So figure out the system -- art fougner, md A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote. Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Doppler for office u/s. Was: ?hetertopic pregnancy" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: US docs only. Telephone consults"

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