Provider Manual
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Provider Manual . Billing and Payment Billing and Payment Kaiser Permanente’s billing and payment policies and procedures aim to ensure that you receive timely payment for the care you provide. This section of the Manual provides a quick and easy resource with contact phone numbers, detailed processes and site lists for services. If you have a question or concern about the information in this section, please call 1 -888-681-7878 or 303-338-3600. Table of Contents SECTION 5: BILLING AND PAYMENT .......................................................................... 8 CONTACTS FOR QUESTIONS ............................................................................................................... 8 5.1. METHODS OF CLAIMS FILING ........................................................................................... 9 5.2.1 Paper Claim Forms ................................................................................................................. 9 5.2.1.1 Record Authorization Number ............................................................................................ 9 5.2.1.2 One Member/ Provider per Claim Form ............................................................................. 9 5.2.1.3 No Fault/ Workers’ Compensation/Other Accident ............................................................. 9 5.2.1.4 Record the Name of the Provider You Are Covering For ................................................... 9 5.2.1.5 Submission of Multiple Page Claim .................................................................................... 9 5.2.1.6 Entering Dates ................................................................................................................. 10 5.2.1.7 Multiple Dates of Services and Place of Services ............................................................ 10 5.2.1.8 Surgical and/or Obstetrical Procedures ............................................................................ 10 5.2.1.9 Billing Inpatient Claims That Span Different Years ........................................................... 10 5.2.1.10 Interim Inpatient Bills ...................................................................................................... 11 5.2.1.11 Supporting Documentation for Paper Claims ................................................................. 11 5.2.1.12 Where to Mail Paper Claims ........................................................................................... 11 5.2.2 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) ...................................................................................... 11 5.2.2.1 Electronic Claims Forms / Submissions ........................................................................... 12 5.2. CLAIM FILING REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................... 13 5.3.1 Clean Claims .......................................................................................................................... 13 5.3.2 Claims Submission Timeframes .......................................................................................... 14 5.3.3 Claims Processing Turn-Around Time .............................................................................. 14 5.3.4 Proof of Timely Claims Submission ................................................................................... 14 5.3. CLAIM ADJUSTMENTS/ CORRECTIONS ........................................................................... 16 5.4.1 Incorrect Claims Payments .................................................................................................. 16 Kaiser Permanente Provider Manual Section 5: Billing & Payment 2016 3 5.4.2 Rejected Claims Due to EDI Claims Error ......................................................................... 17 5.4. REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ................................................................... 17 5.4.1 Federal Tax ID Number ....................................................................................................... 17 5.4.2 Changes in Federal Tax ID Number ................................................................................... 18 5.4.3 National Provider Identification (NPI) .............................................................................. 18 5.5. MEMBER COST SHARE ..................................................................................................... 19 5.6. MEMBER CLAIMS INQUIRIES ........................................................................................... 19 5.7. VISITING MEMBERS .......................................................................................................... 19 5.8. CODING FOR CLAIMS ....................................................................................................... 19 5.8.1 Coding Standards ................................................................................................................. 19 5.8.2 Modifiers in CPT and HCPCS ............................................................................................. 21 5.8.3 Modifier Review .................................................................................................................... 22 5.8.4 Coding & Billing Validation ................................................................................................ 22 5.8.4.1 Claims Editing Software Programs ................................................................................... 23 5.8.4.2 Types of edits ................................................................................................................... 23 5.8.4.3 Modifiers ........................................................................................................................... 26 5.8.5 Coding Edit Rules ................................................................................................................. 27 5.9. MEDICAL CLAIMS REVIEW .............................................................................................. 30 5.9.1 Major Categories of Claim Coding Errors/Inconsistencies ............................................. 30 5.9.1.1 Procedure Unbundling ...................................................................................................... 30 5.9.1.2 Incidental Procedures ....................................................................................................... 31 5.9.1.3 Separate Procedures ....................................................................................................... 31 5.9.1.4 Mutually Exclusive Procedures ........................................................................................ 31 5.9.1.5 Age and Gender (Sex) Conflicts ....................................................................................... 31 5.9.1.6 Obsolete/Deleted Codes .................................................................................................. 32 5.9.1.7 Multiple/ Duplicate Component Billing .............................................................................. 32 Kaiser Permanente Provider Manual Section 5: Billing & Payment 2016 4 5.10. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY (TPL) ....................................................................................... 32 5.11. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ............................................................................................ 32 5.12. THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR (TPA) .......................................................................... 32 5.13. PROVIDER CLAIMS APPEALS ........................................................................................... 32 5.13.1 Provider Claim Payment Appeals Process ........................................................................ 32 5.14. CLAIM FORM EXAMPLES AND INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................... 33 5.14.1 CMS-1500 ............................................................................................................................... 33 5.15.2 CMS-1450 (UB-04) Field Descriptions ................................................................................ 42 5.15. BILLING REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES ......................... 47 5.15.1 Capitation Payments ............................................................................................................ 47 5.15.2 Evaluation Management (E/M) Services ............................................................................ 48 5.15.2.1 Inpatient E/M Services: .................................................................................................. 48 5.15.2.2 Surgical Procedure that Include E/M Services: .............................................................. 49 5.15.2.3 Preventive Medicine Services: ....................................................................................... 53 5.15.3 Emergency Rooms ................................................................................................................ 54 5.15.3.1 Two Physicians Involved in Admitting a Patient from the ER ......................................... 54 5.15.3.2 “Emergency” in the Office Setting................................................................................... 54 5.15.3.3 “Non-Emergency” Services Provided in the Emergency Department ............................. 54 5.15.3.4 Emergency Room and Urgent Care Services Submitted on a UB-04 ............................ 55 5.16.4 Critical Care Services ...........................................................................................................