Pat Lindsey's Lactation Visit Receipt (LVR)
"a lactation superbill"

PLEASE read over EVERY word on this page before ordering!  Due to the Affordable Care Act, changes are taking place. Learn more by checking this webpage often as well as the ones listed below for updates.
Another location to learn more about how ACA is affecting lactation services and breastpumps:
National Breastfeeding Network Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/nbfcenter

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See letter USLCA received from Aetna on July 27, 2012 Aetna Letter to USLCA


USLCA Licensure and Reimbursement read every article on this page!!

August 26, 2012, slight changes to CPT coding on the LVR (Lactation Visit Receipt, a lactation superbill) have been made including adding the Preventative Medicine Counseling Codes (below) to the LVR. These are not significant enough for those presently using the LVR to re-order at this time. PLEASE continue to check back at my website for updates and changes. I'm NOW taking NEW and Upgrade orders. Please note if significant changes do occur anytime in the future and as a prior customer you want an updated LVR, you would have to pay Option # 3 to have it updated.

The profession of IBCLC is at a tipping point for recognition and credentialing with insurance companies. If you are not a member of ILCA/USLCA, you really need to be a member. Both to be informed of the latest news and changes regarding reimbursement of the IBCLCs services as well as to support the USLCA in their efforts.  It really is worth the investment in the future of the profession of IBCLCs. USLCA is working hard to protect, promote and support the United States IBCLC profession.

Thank you, Pat Lindsey, IBCLC  (posted 8/27/2012)

CPT Codes for Preventive Medicine, Counseling
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
99401-  15 min
99402 – 30 min
99403 – 45 min
99404 – 60 min +

99411 - 30 min

99412 - 60 min +

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I will not fill orders without your IBLCE # (I do verify these with www.iblce.org or www.ilca.org)!
You must have an EIN number and a NPI number before ordering, see below!
I have a strong ETHICAL commitment to the profession of IBCLC and to helping IBCLCs
with the forms necessary for professionalism.
Creating
      Professional
              Excellence
        for the
                   IBCLC
Revised Fall of 2012
Complete Packet is
Now Available on CD


The  Lactation  Visit  Receipt  Packet
The LVR Packet is INTENDED for use by IBCLCs, doctors, nurse practitioners or other health care providers with at least IBCLC designation or greater.
If verification cannot be made of Board Certification through IBLCE or higher designation,
do NOT order, the order will not be filled.

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant ( IBCLC )
is the Gold Standard in lactation consulting.

A note from Pat: I began my research into 3rd Party Reimbursement to design a superbill to meet my practice needs, I did a survey of about 30 LCs (most in private practice) to see what they thought was important in a lactation superbill.  While doing the survey, there was so much interest in a new superbill with up-to-date coding that I was urged to make it available to others.  This resulted in the Lactation Visit Receipt Packet.  The LVR Packet has been reviewed by many of my peers and can be found in Linda Smith's book “The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice: The ABCs of Getting Started”, in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 3rd Edition, Jan Riordan, in ILCA's "Reimbursement Tool Kit" by Marsha Walker and in Medela's Messenger issue 20.1, 2003.

Use of the LVR does not guarantee reimbursement.  This tool is used as a professional receipt for lactation service which is given to the consumer to file for insurance reimbursement, however, insurance reimbursement should never be guaranteed unless the provider has a contractual agreement with the consumer's insurance company and lactation are coved benefits on the consumer's insurance policy. The actual Lactation Visit Receipt is in a pdf so as many or as few copies as needed can be printed. You may want to print it out and take it to a printer such as Office Depot, Office Max or Staples for printing.  The LVR is recommended to be printed in triplicate (office copy, client copy and copy to be filed with insurance company). In my practice I keep original copy and give client two copies so client can file for insurance reimbursement if they wish.
A major revision of the Lactation Visit Receipt Packet was completed in October 2009.  It can be Ordered On-line or order by 
The complete packet is now available on CD-R.
 If you have questions,   E-mail at PatIBCLC@aol.com
Please email me and DO NOT call me at my office.
During weekdays, I'm working with mothers and babies in my office.
If you must call me, call me evenings or weekends on my cell phone 407-803-2024.

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 The LVR Packet includes the following:
Customized Header on the 2011 version of Lactation Visit Receipt (Superbill) in pdf (with permission to print as many as you need)

A 20 page instruction booklet with details on filling out the LVR & basic reimbursement information in pdf

All forms in the LVR packet (superbill and business forms) are to be used as paper forms NOT DIGITIAL forms. After filling out forms, they can then be scanned into a folder (patient chart) in your password protected computer.

BONUS FORMS - Templates of the following in WORD:

Breastfeeding Questionnaire / Medical History Form
Consent / Financial Form   
Pump Rental Contract Form
Documentation Forms
SAMPLE SAMPLE      SAMPLE SAMPLE
HIPAA Privacy Practices Form
HIPAA Compliant FAX Form
Referral for Lactation Visit Form
Telephone Triage Form
AND,  more

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 What others say about the LVR.....

Voted in the top 5 Best Business Investments by 2003 Private Practice Lactation Consultant Conference

"Pat Lindsey's superbill is excellent !!!! ( thank you Pat ) and It is working. I am working part-time for a Family Practice doctor who does OB.  I use Pat's superbill and fax it to this docs biller.   It does take me 1-2 months to get payment, however. Pat's superbill has been one of my best investments as a professional Lactation Consultant." Star Siegfried,RN,BA,IBCLC  1 June 2002

"thank you so much for the superbill and forms. They are gold. : )"  Diana West, IBCLC

"Hi Pat, I just wanted to let you know I got the CD. It was worth every penny! What a wealth of information you have put together. Excellent job. I have my own version of many of these as I have been in private practice for 16 years.
You really did an outstanding job. Thanks again."
Gail  Macklin, RN, IBCLC 2011

Copies of LVR can be found in the following books:
ILCA's Reimbursement Tool Kit for Lactation Consultants by Marsha Walker

Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Third Edition, page 54, by Jan Riordan and page, 33 of Fourth Edition.

The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice: the ABC's of Getting Started, page 326, by Linda Smith
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 Three Options to Order the LVR
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I will not fill orders without your IBLCE # (I do verify these with www.iblce.org or www.ilca.org)!
You must have an EIN number and a NPI number before ordering, see below!
I have a strong ETHICAL commitment to the profession of IBCLC and to helping IBCLCs
with the forms necessary for professionalism.
PLEASE  READ Before ordering:
       A healthcare superbill is a professional receipt of services with the Current Procedural Terminology codes (CPT codes) and the International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD-9 codes). Professional healthcare providers use the superbill NOT to file insurance claims, but to give their clients a professional receipt of service.  Most insurance companies require electronic claim filing from providers. The Lactation Visit Receipt can be used by the client to aid (not guarantee) in request
for insurance reimbursement from their medical insurance.

      Insurance companies MUST have the healthcare providers mailing address (if you don't want to use your home address if you are doing home visits, you need to get a P.O. Box) and a phone number as well as your business National Provider Identification Number and a tax identification number (EIN) on the superbill to be considered for reimbursement.  Insurance companies do NOT want emails or websites.

      I am now recommending the Lactation Visit Receipt (superbill) to have an EIN, a NPI and the IBLCE-IBCLC number (if you are IBCLC).

      If you do not have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number  as well as an Employee ID Number (EIN), you need to obtain these numbers. Both numbers can be applied for and obtained online without the help of an attorney or accountant.  It usually only takes 1-3 days to get both.

1 - Employer ID Number (EIN) If you are a sole proprietor you might feel you don't qualify for an EIN based on what you read on the online page, but you really don't want to be using your social security number on the superbill. Healthcare insurance plans require EINs to process claims.  You may apply online.  

2 - National Provider Indentifier (NPI) - NEW REQUIREMENT FOR Healthcare providers to have a National Provider Identifier by MAY 23, 2007.  USLCA highly encourages every IBCLC to have a NPI number and insurance company's require it to consider reimbursement on claims.

You may find out more and apply for NPI:
instructions for applying click at bottom of this page to start online application


Taxonomy codes to use in APPLYING for NPI are:
163WL0100X (for RN, IBCLC)
     174N00000X (Lactation Consultant non-RN)

The LVR Packet is INTENDED for use by IBCLCs, doctors, nurse practitioners or other health care providers with at least IBCLC designation or greater.
If verification cannot be made of Board Certification through IBLCE
or higher designation, do NOT order, the order will not be filled.

NO LOGOs! The space at the header is too small for logos.

STEP 1) DO NOT FORGET THIS STEP
If you don't have your NPI and EIN, please wait till you do before ordering
Please email PatIBCLC@aol.com  the information for the customized header of your Lactation Visit Receipt (SUPERBILL)
Example of information necessary to fill your order is below:
Lactation Services
Pat Lindsey, IBCLC - *Reg. 196-13391
Registered Board Certified Lactation Consultant
P.O. Box 9999, Anytown, FL 09999 - Phone 1-888-900-0000
* NPI # 1234909876   EIN # 59-999999



STEP 2)
Pay for your order below.
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Packet Choices



for institutions who need a
W-9 completed and signed for their
purchasing department.
New Customers
Complete Lactation Visit Receipt Packet
$50.00
OPTION 2
Upgrade Complete Packet- Previous Customers
who have purchased an
earlier version prior to 10/1/2009
$35.00
OPTION 3
Upgrade LVR & Instruction Booklet - Previous Customers
 Upgrading Lactation Visit Receipt ONLY
by E-mail (also for changes in Header
such as address or phone)
$20.00



Effective October 1, 2009 - The most widely used Diagnoise IC-D 9 code changed
from 779.3 to 779.31 (feeding difficulties in newborn 28 day old or under).

HHS proposes one-year delay of ICD-10 compliance date 

On April 17, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would delay, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014, the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10).

The ICD-10 compliance date change is part of a proposed rule that would adopt a standard for a unique health plan identifier (HPID), adopt a data element that would serve as an “other entity” identifier (OEID), and add a National Provider Identifier (NPI) requirement. The proposed rule was developed by the Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) as part of its ongoing role, delegated by HHS, to establish standards for electronic health care transactions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). OESS is part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

HHS proposes that covered entities must be in compliance with ICD-10 on October 1, 2014.

Check back from time to time to see when the Lactation Visit Receipt with ICD-10 will be available!

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