I might be tempted to report such a doctor to medicare for fraud. That documentation doesn't even come close to classifying for a 99211! (&, yes, the worst offenders usually bill even higher than that.) A 1st semester med student could document better than that. Sheesh.
I bet no one would have thought to do what that Dr. did. I mean really, why would you think that the patient needed appropriate treatment? Geez.
ReplyDeleteLOL.
He went to medical school, just to write that?
ReplyDeleteEven the other doctors are crazy around there...
ReplyDeleteNow you know why she is giving your office a try.
ReplyDeleteby those standards I could pass as a Dr. I did stay at a Holiday in Express last night.
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ReplyDeleteDr. Trout- in my experience the doctors with the crappiest documentation are the ones most likely to do 99245.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing this sorta tx is why he was her "previous" neurologist?
ReplyDeleteMan this doctoring is easy! I can just write "appropriate treatment" on everybody and bill their insurance.
ReplyDeleteI love it! I am the UR guy at my hospital. I doubt that meets Medicare rules. It does remind me of the old-style ortho note "Bone Broke, Me Fix".
ReplyDeleteI might be tempted to report such a doctor to medicare for fraud. That documentation doesn't even come close to classifying for a 99211! (&, yes, the worst offenders usually bill even higher than that.) A 1st semester med student could document better than that. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteThat was really helpful, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteHa!
ReplyDeleteWell, glad the treatment wasn't inappropriate. Whatever it was.
ReplyDeleteAppropriate treatment, what a novel idea! Was this doctor, perhaps involved in the caffeine study, too?
ReplyDelete"Paging Dr. Obvious!"
If only the last line had one less syllable, it could have been a haiku!
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