What does Doctor2Doctor mean by “Net-Zero”on “Purchased Interpretations?
D2D meets all the Medicare guidelines for a purchased interpretation. This meansyour institutionswill be in compliance when using Global CPT 93000 for billing purposes, instead of Technical CPT 93005 which you should be using currently. Since all ECGs would be interpreted by a D2D ECG Reader, and D2D operates as an a outside diagnostics lab, paying D2D is transparent toyour institution’soperating budget. Paying D2D is simply tallying the 93000 codes billed and multiplying by your D2Dcontract rate for CPT 93010. Since you are paying out only what you are taking in, you arenet-zero. However, your staff time goes down because you dont have to worry about the context of the ECG when billing. To keep keep paperworkdown, Doctor2Doctor decided to bill at one flat rate. Imagine, providing better patient care can actually reduce overall paperwork and time!
