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Maryland practices, Novitas rules first

Cardiology billing services in Maryland

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Cardiology billing services in Maryland start with Novitas, your Medicare contractor for jurisdiction JL. Its published coverage policies are one part of Medicare claim requirements. Policies can overlap across contractors, so payment under one contractor doesn't guarantee payment under another. We're based in Texas, bill every state remotely and bill cardiology only, at 3% of collections.

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Cardiology billing services in Maryland: the Baltimore Inner Harbor skyline
93224 · NovitasMaryland · jurisdiction JLPaid
Maryland Medicare claims go to Novitas
01Medicare

How Novitas pays cardiology in Maryland

Novitas processes Medicare claims for jurisdiction JL. That covers Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington, DC.

Novitas writes its own local coverage policies for echo, nuclear imaging and cardiac monitoring. They list the diagnoses that support a study and what the note has to show. A study that pays under one contractor can be denied under another.

We check the applicable policy before filing. If documentation appears incomplete, we flag it for the practice to review before submission. Only the treating clinician can determine or change clinical documentation.

Checked against Novitas
Claim 32011Stress echo · POS 11
  • Diagnosis supported by Novitas policyChecked
  • Symptoms and prior results in the noteChecked
  • Global, 26 or TC matches the siteChecked
  • Report signed before billingChecked
  • Claim statusPaid
Novitas policy, checked before sending
02Payers

Maryland plans and billing

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is the Blue Cross Blue Shield company listed for Maryland. Commercial and Medicare Advantage requirements depend on the member's product, provider network and contract, so we verify the current plan before billing.

Maryland Medicaid runs through HealthChoice, its managed care program. Members pick among several managed care organizations, each with its own rules. We check which plan holds each patient before the study.

Checked by plan type
Authorization check 32024Nuclear SPECT · 78452
  • CareFirst PPOCommercial, its own authorization listChecked
  • Employer planSelf-funded, plan rules applyChecked
  • Medicare AdvantagePlan rules, not NovitasChecked
  • HealthChoice MCOMedicaid managed care, by memberChecked
  • AuthorizationOn file
Each plan's rules, by patient
03Your city

Cardiology practices we serve in Baltimore, Bethesda, Columbia, Annapolis

We're built for independent practices of 1 to 10 cardiologists with imaging in the office. That means echo and vascular labs, a nuclear camera, monitors and device checks.

Maryland sets hospital rates for all payers through its rate commission, the HSCRC. That covers the hospital's facility charge, not your doctors' professional fee. So a hospital read goes out as the professional component, paid under the physician fee schedule by locality.

Billed by site
Claims 32038, 32039Echo 93306 · POS 11
Office studyClaim 32038

93306

Global service, physician fee schedule

Claim statusPaid
Hospital readClaim 32039

93306-26

Professional reading only

Claim statusPaid
Office studies and hospital reads
04Switching

Switching from a local biller

Leaving a local biller, or a biller who left? The switch runs on a 60-day plan. Your claims keep moving from day one, and we work the old A/R in parallel.

Your dedicated biller learns your payers, your EHR and your doctors, and stays with your practice.

Your first 60 days with us
No gap in claims
Your switch60-day plan
  1. Day 1New claims go out daily
  2. Weeks 1 to 8Old A/R worked in parallel
  3. Day 60Your biller fully on the account
Claims keep moving from day one
05Questions

FAQ

Do you bill for our hospital reads?

Yes. We bill the professional component for hospital reads. Studies in your office go out as the global service.

We see DC and Virginia patients. Can you bill their plans?

Yes. We bill in all 50 states, so plans from across the region are routine.

What does it cost?

3% of collections. No setup fee, no contract, no per-claim charges.

Sources and review context

Checked on September 30, 2026. This administrative source check is not a clinical or credentialed coding review, legal opinion, payer-contract audit, or guarantee of coverage or payment.

06Get in touch

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Your 90-day Maryland reviewLast 90 days
  • Every claim, by studyIncluded
  • Every payer, paid or deniedIncluded
  • Checked against Novitas policyIncluded