Top 10 Billing Errors from Highmark Medicare Services

TEN TOP PHYSICIAN BILLING ERRORS

Highmark Medicare Services recently presented a teleconference on the ten top reasons for rejections and most common billing errors. The list is as follows:

1.         No performing PIN

2.         No verification HIC/entitlement

3.         Invalid procedure code

4.         Incomplete physical exam information for chiropractic services

5.         Missing or incomplete modifiers

6.         Missing CLIA information

7.         Missing facility address

8.         No referring UPIN

9.         NOC Code without description

10.       Incomplete address elements for patients, insured patient representative or service/supplier

For complete information about this program, go to the following link:

http://www.highmarkmedicareservices.com/calendar/partb/teleconferences.html