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BILLING FOR STD SERVICES

BILLING FOR STD SERVICES. M. Diane Matthewson, RN, BSN, MPH CD Nurse Consultant Technical Assistance and Training Program Communicable Disease Branch. NC LAW.

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BILLING FOR STD SERVICES

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  1. BILLING FOR STD SERVICES M. Diane Matthewson, RN, BSN, MPHCD Nurse ConsultantTechnical Assistance and Training ProgramCommunicable Disease Branch

  2. NC LAW NC GS 130A - 144  (e)"The local health director shall ensure that control measures prescribed by the Commission have been given to prevent the spread of all reportable communicable diseases or communicable conditions and any other communicable disease or communicable condition that represents a significant threat to the public health. The local health department shall provide, at no cost to the patient, the examination and treatment for tuberculosis disease and infection and for sexually transmitted diseases designated by the Commission".

  3. NC LAW 10A NCAC 41A .0204       CONTROL MEASURES - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (a)  Local health departments shall provide diagnosis, testing, treatment, follow-up, and preventive services for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis, mucopurulent cervicitis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, and granuloma inguinale.  These services shall be provided upon request and at no charge to the patient.

  4. INTERPRETATION OF 10A NCAC 41A .0204 Clients presenting with symptoms suggestive of or evidence of exposure to listed diseases must receive free testing and evaluation to rule out sexually transmitted infection.

  5. BILLING MEDICAID/ 3RD PARTY PAYORS WHO CAN BILL Physicians and midlevel providers Criteria for RNs

  6. EXCEPTIONS TO BILLING THE PATIENT AGREEMENT ADDENDA Waivers for billing the individual

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