Or you could not have insurance play games where they pay less because something is done on the same day.
We used to have this in Radiology. If a patient came in for a Cancer restaging CT, payers could pay 100% of the chest, 50% of the abdomen, and 25% of the pelvis.
Just because these were done on the same day doesn't mean it's any faster or cheaper to interpret each of those portions. Yes there's some savings in the technical components (placing the IV etc), but it takes me just as long to read the three scans if they are done on one day or 3. Why should I take a 125% hit when I'm providing a convenience for the patient by doing all their scans on the same day?
We used to have this in Radiology. If a patient came in for a Cancer restaging CT, payers could pay 100% of the chest, 50% of the abdomen, and 25% of the pelvis.
Just because these were done on the same day doesn't mean it's any faster or cheaper to interpret each of those portions. Yes there's some savings in the technical components (placing the IV etc), but it takes me just as long to read the three scans if they are done on one day or 3. Why should I take a 125% hit when I'm providing a convenience for the patient by doing all their scans on the same day?