BCBS

BCBS claim filing limit for Anesthesia claims

by Niels
Claim Filing Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2014, Blue Cross requires claims for anesthesiologists, CRNAs and AAs to be billed under the name and National Provider Identifier (NPI) of the provider who  actually rendered the service. Blue Cross does not recognize “incident to” billing for anesthesia services. All providers should ... Read More

Billing anesthesia claims – BCBS – Paper, Electronic

by Niels
Following Anesthesia Billing Guidelines Helps Expedite Claim Payments – Anthem BCBS Anthem strives hard to process and pay all claims in a timely manner. Therefore, we want to provide you with some important billing guidelines you should follow that can help us expedite the payment of your claims for anesthesia. Paper Submissions Providers who submit ... Read More

BCBS – Anesthesia Modifier reimbursement

by Niels
Anesthesia Payment & Billing Information – BCBS Anesthesia Modifier Reimbursement : Effective for dates of service on or after May 19, 2004, the HMO Blue Texas and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas maximum allowable fees for services billed as MD supervision of a CRNA are as follows: QY MD supervision of a CRNA ... Read More

how BCBS calculate payment for Aneshthesia billing?

by Niels
Anesthesia Payment & Billing Information – BCBS Payment Calculation Information Time Units  : Time units will be determined by using the total time in minutes actually spent performing the procedure. Fifteen minutes is equivalent to one (1) time unit. Time units will be rounded to the tenth. Therefore, if the procedure lasted 49 minutes, the ... Read More

Ventilator Management anesthesia service payment from BCBS

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Anesthesia Payment & Billing Information – BCBS Ventilator Management in Conjunction with Anesthesia Services 94656 and 94657: Ventilation management billed on the same day as an anesthesia procedure is part of the global anesthesia service for the first 24 hours after anesthesia induction and therefore it is not billable. If procedure code 94656 is reported ... Read More