Is Professional Consultation Billable to Medicare?

As you know, managing patients with chronic ulcers requires physicians and other qualified healthcare professionals (QHPs) with specialized knowledge and expertise. Unfortunately, this country has a shortage of chronic ulcer management professionals. Therefore, many physicians/QHPs who do not have the required knowledge do their best to manage chronic ulcers by trial and error. Many of these physicians/QHPs wish they could consult with physicians/QHPs who have chronic ulcer management expertise. In addition, even the physicians/QHPs who have such expertise are often stumped on difficult cases and wish they could consult with other colleagues who may have experienced similar cases … read more