Medical Billing Forum
Billing => Billing => : Ruthie1972 February 13, 2019, 08:26:55 AM
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Hello,
If a patient is in a nursing home and they have Medicare, under Part B, can they be billed for laboratory testing separately or will this go under a bundle for nursing home stay? Will Medicare and Medicaid pay for it separately- the urine screening test?
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It depends on if the patient is in the first 100 days of their stay.
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Hi Michele,
If they are in for their first 100 or 101, how would the urine lab test be billed for Medicare? Bundled or the lab can bill separately for it? Thank you
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I believe lab fees are included with consolidated billing so the SNF would be responsible. If you bill it to Medicare Part B they will deny the charges if they are included with the first 100 days. The SNF should also know.