01/26/2022    

REPONSES/COMMENTS (CODINGLINE CORNER)

RE: Denial for a Separate and Distinct Evaluation and Management (Ivar Roth, DPM, MPH)

From: Mark Spier, DPM

 

Dr. Ivar Roth's opinion that Dr Hodgson's attempt to bill for a rendered E&M service is what's causing insurance companies and patients to lose trust in doctors is both sad and laughable. It's laughable because Dr. Roth stopped accepting insurance assignments a while ago, so his reimbursement for a neuroma injection is undoubtedly significantly higher than Dr. Hodgson's meager insurance payment. 

 

I'm assuming that inadequate payments were the primary motivation for Dr. Roth's withdrawal from insurance contracts and the establishment of his concierge spa practice. I'm not sure insurance companies need to trust doctors at all since we are the ones trusting the insurer to make the payment after the services are rendered. 

 

Mark Spier, DPM, Reisterstown, MD

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