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Does the CAP /CIP ratio represent double billing?

April 26, 2017billing cap CIP double ratio

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Does the CAP /CIP ratio represent double billing?

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No. Medicare and other insurances reimburse for tests performed as deemed “medically necessary” by the primary care physician. The two tests for which SCL bills are the Total Intact PTH test and the CAP test. There is no billing for the calculated values of CIP 7-84 PTH or the CAP /CIP ratio.