Next Event: Practical Application of Front End Essentials for Billing
Date: May 28,2025
Double Booking Non-Medicare Patients: How Do I Bill?
Two weeks, I wrote an article titled “Can I Double Book Medicare Patients“. If you have not had a chance to read this article, I would suggest you take a few minutes to read it as it will really help you in your practice and organization understand the rules and regulations regarding scheduling and billing of double booking Medicare patients. This article then led to other questions that I will address in this article. The last question will show you how it’s possible to bill 7 time-based units plus 2 untimed CPT codes within a one hour time period. QuestionCan
Can I Double Book Medicare Patients?
Previously, I wrote an article explaining how much time of a time-based CPT code must be provided in order to bill that CPT code to an insurance carrier as well as explaining the difference between Medicare’s “8-minute rule” and the American Medical Association (AMA) definition of substantial when billing a time-based CPT code. This article then led people to ask me if I can double book and/or overlap Medicare patients receiving outpatient therapy services. I’m going to answer this question once and for all and the answer will not only apply to outpatient therapy services paid under Medicare Part B benefits, but