Impact of the Primary Care Exception on Family Medicine Resident Coding

• Published in: Family medicine Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 175 - 179
• Main Authors: Cawse-Lucas, Jeanne, Evans, David V, Ruiz, David R, Allcut, Elizabeth A, Andrilla, C Holly A, Thompson, Matthew, Norris, Thomas E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Clinical Coding - economics; Clinical Coding - methods; Family Practice - economics; Family Practice - education; Female; Health Care Surveys; Humans; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - economics; Internship and Residency - economics; Male; Medicaid; Medicare; Primary Health Care - economics; United States

The Medicare Primary Care Exception (PCE) allows residents to see and bill for less-complex patients independently in the primary care setting, requiring attending physicians only to see patients for higher-level visits and complete physical exams in order to bill for them as such. Primary care resi...