Can Anybody Explain?
My wife is being monitored for cardio and circulatory issues and the doctor orders some tests approximately annually. Recently we were told by the doctor, and some friends have been told by their doctor, that medicare will only pay for one test on a particular day.
For example, if an echo cardiogram and a stress test, or an echo cardiogram and a carotid artery test are in order, they had to be scheduled on separate days.
I called the medicare help line and was told this is NOT TRUE. The representative said that if the tests were medically necessary and ordered by a doctor, medicare would pay their share for 2 or 5 or 20 in a single day.
Can anybody with experience in this industry explain why some doctors are saying otherwise?
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