Specialty billing / Pediatrics
Pediatric practices see high volume at modest reimbursement, with a payer mix that leans heavily on Medicaid and CHIP. Revenue depends on capturing everything a well-child visit contains: age-appropriate preventive codes, each vaccine component administered, developmental and behavioral screenings, and any sick complaint addressed at the same appointment.
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Years in revenue cycle
48h
Claim filing window
30d
Target days to payment
HIPAA
Compliant by design
Where it breaks
Combination vaccines contain multiple components, and administration with counseling is reported per component rather than per injection. Practices billing one administration unit per shot lose a meaningful share of the revenue at every well visit.
Developmental screening, autism screening and maternal depression screening each have their own codes and are performed at nearly every early well visit. Standardized instruments get scored and filed in the chart without ever reaching the claim.
Parents raise a new concern during a check-up constantly. That work supports a separate problem visit with modifier 25 when documented distinctly, and pediatric practices absorb it more often than any other specialty.
Managed Medicaid plans differ by state and by contract in periodicity schedules, covered screenings and enrollment requirements. A billing process built around commercial rules will misfire on the majority of a typical pediatric panel.
Frequently billed
Representative codes only. Actual coding follows current CPT/HCPCS guidance and payer policy.
Denials we prevent
FAQ
When the physician or qualified provider counsels the family, administration is reported per vaccine component, not per injection. A combination vaccine covering three diseases supports one first-component code and two additional-component units. The counseling must be documented. Without it, administration falls to the codes that pay per injection instead.
Yes, when a separate problem is evaluated and documented beyond the preventive service. The acute visit carries modifier 25. The note should show a distinct history, assessment and plan for that complaint. A brief mention of a resolved symptom does not meet the standard and will not survive review.
Developmental screening, autism-specific screening, maternal depression screening and adolescent depression screening are commonly reportable when a standardized instrument is used, scored and documented with results and follow-up. The instrument name and result belong in the note. Coverage varies by plan, so we verify which screenings each of your payers recognizes.
Usually a periodicity mismatch. Plans define allowed preventive visits by age band and interval, and those schedules differ between commercial plans and state Medicaid programs. A visit that seems due clinically can fall outside the covered interval. Checking the applicable schedule at scheduling prevents the denial entirely.
Yes, and for most pediatric practices that is the majority of the work. We handle enrollment, plan-specific screening and periodicity rules, and the follow-up these plans require, which is usually more persistent than commercial follow-up. Ten years of experience across payers means fewer surprises on state-specific requirements.
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