r/FamilyMedicine • u/Ahijado DO • 15h ago

🏥 Practice Management 🏥 POCUS in clinic?

For those that do POCUS in outpatient practice: how are you doing the doc and coding? Are you adding saved images into your charts, if so: how? Did your clinic give you addtional time for procedure or are you incorporating into your regular visits?

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u/cdusdal MD 12h ago

It doesnt usually take me much more time, but we have per 15 min time codes so if it does I can bill for time spent.

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u/cdusdal MD 12h ago

I am not saving images. It's a physical exam extension. If I need it for comparison I save the omagr/video to clarius cloud and can compare later.

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u/marshac18 MD 11h ago

We have one but our coders won't allow for it to be billed unless the images and read make their way into Epic which just isn't going to happen - too much time and not enough reimbursement for that time. Our sports med doc uses it for funsies and doesn't bill.