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BackTable Brief: Understanding Medical Facility Fees in Practice with Dr. Barbara Levy
20 minutes Posted Jul 29, 2025 at 7:00 am.
Introduction
Understanding Practice Expenses
Survey Challenges and Fraud Concerns
Valuation of Medical Procedures
Impact of Code Changes on Payments
The Complexity of Medical Coding
Site of Service and Facility Fees
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OBGYN Briefs - Understanding Medical Facility Fees in Practice
The way you code and calculate costs might be affecting your practice more than you realize. In this episode of BackTable OBGYN, hosts Dr. Mark Hoffman and Dr. Amy Park welcome back Dr. Barbara Levy, a clinical professor at George Washington University and UCSD. They discuss the complexities of practice expenses and coding in medical specialties, emphasizing the differences between direct and indirect expenses which vary by geography and specialty. 
The conversation covers the challenges in surveying costs, the importance of accurate representation in surveys, and the strategic implications of coding. They also touch on the complications arising from procedure revaluation and the impact of site-of-service on reimbursements.
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