Rate Types
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Payer ID
Fine Print & Flags
Sanstone
100

This is the reimbursement method where SanStone/BRR receives one set dollar amount per day for qualifying MCA residents.

What is a flat daily rate?

100

The flat rate for MCA residents per day across all Sanstone/BRR sites.

What is $95.00 per day?

100

This payer is billed at 65% NC Fee schedule.

What is Humana B?

100

The report that shows the tracking of services where minutes provided are within a specified threshold of the next billable unit.

What is the Part B Unit Opportunity Report?
100

The Vice President of Sanstone?

Who is David Fardulis?

200

RPA, NAVI, and Humana A are all billed using this per unit of treatment time method, at $0.97 each.

What is Per Minute?

200

The per minutes rate billed for RPA, NAVI, and Humana A.

What is $0.97?

200

This payer is billed using a 75% NC fee schedule and has MPPR applied.

 What is RPB?

200

This yes/no flag appears on nearly every fee-schedule payer, meaning claims get reduced when multiple procedures are billed the same day.

What is Apply Multiple Procedure Payment Reductions (MPPR) = Yes?

200

The President of Sanstone.

Who is Jennifer Robinson?

300

Private Therapy is billed based off of these.

What are CPT codes?

300

Therapist rate per visit for Optum B.

 What is $56.25?

300

This payer (and it Outpatient counterpart) is billed at 65% of the NC fee schedule - the lowest fee-schedule percentage on the Sanstone contract.

What is Humana B and Outpatient Humana B?

300

Units per visit target for ST.

What is 1.5?

300

Splints are reassessed at minimum in this time frame.

What is quarterly?
400

Humana B, RPB, MCB, Private Pay, and Workman's Compensation are all billed using this method.

What is Physician Fee Schedule?

400

Therapist rate per visit for UHB.

What is $45?

400

These two payer lines are the only ones on the contract with an "Assistant Modifier % to Reduce".

What are MCB (MPPR) and Outpaient MCB (Palmetto) MPPR?

400

The name of the report used to assess patterns in CPT code billing.

What is CPT Utilization Report.

400

The fee-schedule state referenced throughout the contract, for region code 1150200.

What is North Carolina?

500

Humana B, RPB, MCB, Private Pay, and Workman’s Compensation are all billed using this reimbursement method.

What is a per-minute rate?

500

The percentage of the NC fee schedule (region 1150200) most fee-schedule payers on this contract are paid at.

What is 75%?

500

The SanStone contract uses multiple reimbursement methodologies rather than one universal rate. Name three.

What is a flat daily rate, per-minute rate, or percentage of fee schedule?

500

Lead biller from BRR for Sanstone.

Who is Jill Londeree?

500

Daily Double!!

True or False: The entire Sanstone contract is one flat rate?

What is False? Only the MCA/Medicare Advantage pieces are at a flat per-diem rate ($95/day).  Every other payer - RPA, NAVI, Humana A/B, UHB, Optum B, MCB, Private Pay, VA, Workman's Compensation - is billed per-minutes, per-visit, or physician fee schedule.
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