Audiologist doing hearing test from a referring Dr.

We get a lot of family practice and pediatric doctors calling in to get just a hearing test from our audiologist--they do not want the patient to see our Dr.--The audiologist does the test and gives the results back to the referring physician. How would you code this since our physician did not see the patient nor ordered the tests. Medicare we have no problem with--we bill under the audiologist but most of the commercial plans do not cred audiologist. Thanks

Health insurance does not cover everything

I tried to get my car dealer to bill my tune up to my Blue Cross but it was not approved. So pre-certify the service. If they have benefits, do the test. If not, you can decide if there is a medical indication to see your doc or inform the patient that they must pay for the service.