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> I wonder if charging for these messages will make doctors more likely to respond. Physicians won't see a dime of that money unless it's through RVUs and even
by qudat 3y ago
> I wonder if charging for these messages will make doctors more likely to respond.
Physicians won't see a dime of that money unless it's through RVUs and even then it's marginal at best. The real money is in procedures.
- wighty 3y agoThere are some codes that can be used for asynchronous portal messages, but to be honest the AMA is still pretty broken as far as how much time we need to spend for things... the codes are 99421 (5-10 minutes over 7 days), 99422 (11-20 minutes), 99423 (21+). It is not clear to me how well these codes are actually paid for by private insurance. In a wRVU system a PCP may get paid like $5-13 for the first code, $15-30 for the 2nd, $24-44 for the 3rd. This is a lot less than a visit... and you must spend the minimum 5 minutes on the portal message or you are billing it fraudulently. I can cover an in person level 4 visit (99214) in 5 minutes in some cases, which pays something like $100.
- AbstractH24 3y agoIf there are codes like this why don’t all doctors use them already?