Medical Billing Forum

Coding => Coding => : vidiabill August 17, 2010, 08:11:51 PM

: can I bill Medicare if the patient is deceased?
: vidiabill August 17, 2010, 08:11:51 PM
sounds like fraud, sure, but what if the services were provided while the patient was alive.  would this be a trigger for an audit, should I even bother if this patient was never billed and has since passed away?
: Re: can I bill Medicare if the patient is deceased?
: PMRNC August 18, 2010, 03:06:51 AM
Nope, not fraud.. you wont' cross line until you go to balance bill.
: Re: can I bill Medicare if the patient is deceased?
: Pay_My_Claims August 27, 2010, 10:23:01 PM
we deal with that all the time in DME- custom rehab with client with ALS. by the time we deliver the equipment, and get ready to bill, client is deceased