Reimbursement Profile of a Private Toxicology Practice

Jerrold B. Leikin Evanston Northwestern Health Care, OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL, USA

, M.D.,

Stephen Vogel Evanston Northwestern Health Care, OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL, USA

, M.D.,

Daniel Samo Evanston Northwestern Health Care, OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL, USA

, M.D.,

Pamela Stevens Evanston Northwestern Health Care, OMEGA, Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview, IL, USA

Frank G. Walter Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Medical Toxicology, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA

, M.D.

Abstract

This article presents two years of billing and collection data for a bedside toxicology consultation service. The collections rate was 34% or $26.19 per hour of consultative time. There was an inverse correlation between collection rates and patient acuity.

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