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General Category => General Questions => : druffin31 August 06, 2009, 12:06:35 PM

: Place of Service (Need Help)
: druffin31 August 06, 2009, 12:06:35 PM

Hello
I just started my Medical Billing business and I have a new LISW that has her own Mental Health center but she is going out to a Nursing Home during Initial Eval, then doing weekly Assessments with resident assigned to her. All the patients she has Medicare.

My Question is what place of service would I used 21 or 32 ????

Thanks in advance  :-[

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: Michele August 09, 2009, 12:32:15 AM

If she is seeing them in the nursing home the place of service would be 32 or 33, depending on they type of bed the patient is in.

Michele

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: Pay_My_Claims August 09, 2009, 11:57:22 AM

what is a LISW???

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: PMRNC August 09, 2009, 12:25:42 PM

Licensed Independent Social Worker

Definition: These professionals have either an M.A., an M.S. or a doctoral degree in social work, and licensure or professional supervision that allows them to provide individual, marital, couple, family and group counseling and psychotherapy from a social work orientation. They are qualified to assess, diagnose and treat mental and emotional conditions and addictions, but cannot prescribe drugs.
Also Known As: Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, Counselor, M.A., M.S., M.S.W., L.C.S.W, L.I.S.W., CSW-C, L.I.C.S.W.

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: Pay_My_Claims August 09, 2009, 06:46:28 PM

Thanks Linda, I should have googled it, but I have never heard of that one. The others..yes.

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: PMRNC August 09, 2009, 07:15:15 PM

I knew what it was, but to be honest I wasn't sure if it was the same as LCSW, I only heard of LISW but have billed only for LCSW's.

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: Michele August 09, 2009, 09:18:51 PM

For years I had only heard of the LCSW's but suddenly I'm seeing a lot of LISW's too.

: Re: Place of Service (Need Help)
: PMRNC August 09, 2009, 10:17:27 PM

Yeah it must be "fairly" new.. I only really started seeing them a few years ago myself.