Pulmonology practices juggle office-based respiratory care, in-office diagnostics like pulmonary function tests, bronchoscopies at the hospital or ASC, sleep studies, and critical care coverage in the ICU. Critical care time-based billing and bronchoscopy coding are two of the easiest places in medicine to leave money on the table. Fast Billing Solutions provides pulmonology billing services in Long Island, NY for practices across Nassau and Suffolk counties from our office at 68 South Service Road in Melville, NY.
Time-based critical care, bronchoscopy modifiers, PFT interpretation billing, and sleep study coordination — we handle the billing details that make pulmonology profitable. Let’s talk about your practice.
Pulmonology Billing That Captures Office, Hospital, and ICU Revenue
A pulmonologist’s day spans settings — clinic in the morning, bronchoscopy suite midday, ICU rounds at night — and each setting bills under different rules. We track it all: office E/M and PFTs, bronchoscopy procedures with correct modifiers for multiple biopsies and brushings, and critical care billed by time with the documentation to support every 30-minute block. When your physicians cover the ICU, we make sure that work shows up on the claim.
Common Pulmonology Billing Problems We Solve
- Underbilled critical care time — ICU time documented and billed in correct time blocks instead of defaulting to lower-level hospital codes.
- Bronchoscopy coding errors — multiple procedures in one bronchoscopy coded with the right combinations and modifiers.
- PFT interpretation missed — spirometry and complete PFTs billed with both the technical and interpretation components.
- Sleep study billing gaps — in-lab and home sleep studies billed with correct professional and technical splits.
- Smoking cessation and COPD programs unbilled — counseling and chronic care services your practice provides but never charges for.
Full Revenue Cycle Management for Pulmonology Practices
Our revenue cycle management for pulmonology covers clinic, hospital, and ICU billing:
- Insurance eligibility and benefits verification
- Prior authorizations for procedures and imaging
- Pulmonology-specific coding and charge entry
- Claim scrubbing and clean submission
- Payment posting and reconciliation
- Denial management and appeals
- AR follow-up on unpaid and aging claims
- Patient statements and balance follow-up
- Provider credentialing and re-credentialing
- Monthly reporting in plain English
We Bill the Full Range of Pulmonology Services
Office visits and consultations, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopies (diagnostic and therapeutic), thoracentesis, sleep studies, critical care services, ventilator management, smoking cessation counseling, and COPD/asthma chronic care management. If your physicians read their own sleep studies or cover ICU shifts, every component gets billed.
Serving Pulmonology Practices Across Long Island
From 68 South Service Road, Melville, NY 11747, we support pulmonology practices throughout Nassau County and Suffolk County. Local, reachable, and familiar with the payers your patients carry. Explore our medical billing services across Long Island.
Why Long Island Pulmonology Practices Choose Fast Billing Solutions
- Pulmonology coding specialists — critical care time, bronchoscopies, and PFTs handled by people who know the rules.
- ICU revenue captured — critical care time billed fully instead of written off to lower codes.
- Denials worked daily — rejected claims reviewed, corrected, and resubmitted or appealed.
- One dedicated contact — a real person who knows your physicians and your payers.
- Transparent monthly reporting — billed, paid, denied, and collected, clearly presented.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should critical care time be billed?
Critical care is billed in time blocks — the first 30–74 minutes and each additional 30 minutes — and it requires documentation of the time spent and the critical nature of the illness. We review your ICU documentation, code the time correctly, and make sure concurrent E/M billing on the same day follows the rules.
Can you bill for bronchoscopy with multiple procedures?
Yes. When a bronchoscopy includes biopsies, brushings, and washings, each component has coding rules about what can be billed together. We code the full combination with the correct modifiers so nothing billable is left off.
Do you handle sleep study billing?
We bill in-lab polysomnography and home sleep studies with the correct technical and professional components — whether your practice performs the studies, interprets them, or both.
What does pulmonology billing cost?
Typically a percentage of collections, based on your patient volume, ICU coverage, and how much of the revenue cycle we manage. Get an instant quote for pricing specific to your practice.
How quickly can you start?
Most pulmonology practices transition within a few weeks. We learn your hospital coverage, your procedure mix, and your payer requirements, then start clean billing while working down any backlog.
Ready for Pulmonology Billing That Captures All Your Revenue?
Clinic, bronchoscopy suite, ICU — every setting billed correctly. Talk to a pulmonology billing team on Long Island.
