_Shadow_-Billing

							          (Shadow)-Billing
Why bother?
  Requirement of contract
  Money in your pocket
  Track your activity
  Difference between what you bill and what you are
  paid = academic productivity
  More than one AHSC would support on-going
  shadow-billing and partial billing
        How? How Much?

Shadow-bills, New (L) Codes, Other
SEAMO vs. Outside for Inputting Codes
  You submit codes to billing service
  Currently input SEAMO sheets
  Adapt sheet for billing
  Not for profit
What will it cost?
  SEAMO = Cents per claim….
           Shadow-billing
Hospitals not willing to provide IT support to
individuals
Opt-in or out of SEAMO system
You should know how the money will flow in
your practice
Know how to Code
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Clinical Teachers
Governance Chairs
Teaching Hospitals
Universities
OMA
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Mandated by 2005 OMA/MOHLTC Master
Agreement “Appendix G”
Appointed by Physician Services Committee
150 million dollars to distribute
All AHSC’s made equal
This is our future!
         AHSC Task Force
Membership appointed
First meeting December 1, 05
  Presentations by Hospitals, Universities and
  Physician Governors
  Meeting dates and rules determined
Same MOHLTC and OMA faces as for our
negotiations
   Keeping CTAQ Informed
Meeting summaries posted on CTAQ Web
Monthly SEAMO report
Important issues in newsletters