Hi all,  I am interested in knowing if any lactnetters in practice have put
together assessment  and documentation forms for use in their practice
(hospital or private)?  I am a private practitioner and do mostly home visits
and am finding that the "standard" forms available are very long and add tooo
much time to a visit.  I have created some of my own to fit my needs, but now
that I am focusing on insurance reimbursement, I find I need more detail to
support the needs of those darn insurance companies!!  For anyone that is
getting insurance reimbursement, would you be willing to share your
documentation forms?   ( I see why taking a class in medical coding might be
helpful. they read the chart, pull information to create the insurance bill
(ICD9/CPT codes).  If the chart supports the codes, great.. if the chart
doesnt support a code then you get less reimbursement or nothing!!  That
makes a difference for moms when they are submitting those superbills.

You can email me privately to [log in to unmask] and I will be
happy to summarize the results for lactnet.

As a side note,  I continue to learn soo much from this listserv and am
greatful that it has grown as it has.  It remains professional and a great
resource of information.  So, can those in the know, start a discussion on
how documentation supports insurance billing!   The more I do the more I
realize how much I don't know about the relationship of documentation to
insurance processing.

Thank you for your help,
Wendy Thomson, RN,BSN,IBCLC
www.naturalbeginningsinc.com

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