{"id":13126,"date":"2021-03-26T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/?p=13126"},"modified":"2024-09-24T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T08:12:09","slug":"medicare-billing-for-cataract-post-op-co-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/medicare-billing-for-cataract-post-op-co-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare billing for Cataract Post-Op Co-Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Co-management compliance is tracking down by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services OIG (Office of Inspector General).<\/p>\n

You should manage the patient\u2019s transfer of care correctly as well as it must be medically acceptable (determination is made by the surgeon and the patient).<\/p>\n

Transfer of care is defined as a transfer of responsibility for a patient\u2019s care from one qualified healthcare provider operating within his\/her scope of practice to another who also operates within his\/her scope of practice.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s look at Co-Management and various scenarios where it is applied:<\/h2>\n

In the postoperative care relationship between an ophthalmologist\/cataract surgeon and a non-operating provider (e.g., an optometrist) for shared responsibility is called as Co-management.<\/p>\n

Various scenarios where Co-Management is appropriate:<\/h3>\n