• Provider Information
  • Introduction
  • Scope of Services
  • Services Provided by Registered Nurses
    • Introduction
    • Supervision of Delegated Tasks
  • Services Provided by Licensed Practical Nurses
  • Classification of Nursing Services
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Certification Requirements
  • Requirements for Providing Ventilator-Dependent Services
    • Introduction
    • Demonstration Renewals
    • Age-Specific Requirements
  • Changes in Certification
• Rights and Responsibilities
  • Introduction
  • Universal Precautions
  • Unacceptable Practices
  • Fees Prohibited by Wisconsin Medicaid
  • Private Duty Nursing Requirements
  • Emergency and Back-Up Procedures
  • Verifying Recipient Eligibility
    • Introduction
    • Limited Benefit Categories
  • Distribution of Medicaid Information
  • Written Statement of Recipient Rights
  • Contracts with Recipient and/or Family
  • Terminating Service to a Recipient
  • Recipient Responsibilities
    • Arrangements with Nurses in Independent Practice
    • Scheduling Providers
    • Freedom from Liability for Covered Services
• Covered Services and Related Limitations
  • Introduction
  • Private Duty Nursing Benefit
  • Recipient Eligibility for Private Duty Nursing Services
    • Introduction
    • Ventilator-Dependent Recipients
    • Recipients Who Are Not Eligible for Private Duty Nursing Services
  • Hours of Care That Qualify as Private Duty Nursing Services
  • Private Duty Nursing Services Reimbursement Requirements
  • Place of Service for Private Duty Nursing Recipients
  • Providing Disposable Medical Supplies
  • Coordination Services for Ventilator-Dependent Recipients
    • Introduction
    • Documenting Coordination Services
    • Reimbursable Coordination Responsibilities
    • Change in Coordinators
  • Coordination Services for Recipients Not Ventilator-Dependent
    • Introduction
    • Coordination Services Documentation
    • Coordination Responsibilities
    • Change in Coordinators
  • Case Sharing
    • Introduction
    • Provider Responsibility
    • Case Sharing Documentation
  • Reimbursement Not Available
    • Introduction
    • Travel and Record-Keeping Time
• Documentation Requirements
  • Introduction
  • Required Information for Medical Record
    • Introduction
    • Physician Signature
  • Documentation Requirements of Supervising Nurses
  • Availability of Records to Others
    • Introduction
    • Record Maintenance After Termination as Wisconsin Medicaid Provider
• Plan of Care
  • Introduction
  • Plan of Care Documentation Methods
    • Introduction
    • Submitting Another Format for the Recipient's Plan of Care
  • Obtaining Plan of Care Forms
  • Developing the Plan of Care
  • Physician's Orders and Signature
    • Introduction
    • Start of Care
    • Certification Period
    • Verbal Orders
  • Plan of Care Requirements
  • Medical Necessity and the Plan of Care
  • Changes to the Plan of Care
• Prior Authorization
  • Introduction
  • Responsibility for Prior Authorization
  • Services Requiring Prior Authorization
    • Introduction
    • Limits on Authorized Services
  • Requesting Private Duty Nursing Hours
    • Introduction
    • Hours of Private Duty Nursing for Children
    • Requesting Pro Re Nata Hours
    • Flexible Use of Weekly Hours
  • Required Documentation for Prior Authorization Requests
    • Introduction
    • Prior Authorization Request Form
    • Private Duty Nursing Prior Authorization Acknowledgment
    • Prior Authorization Attachments
  • Submitting Prior Authorization Requests
  • Prior Authorization Effective Dates
  • Prior Authorization Responses
  • Prior Authorization Backdating
    • Introduction
    • Initial Requests
    • Extraordinary Circumstances
    • Subsequent Requests Will Not Be Backdated
    • Returned Requests
    • Amendment Requests
    • Denied Requests
  • Amending an Approved or Modified Prior Authorization Request
  • Enddating a Prior Authorization Request
  • Out-of-State Private Duty Nursing
    • Introduction
    • Out-of-State Prior Authorization Request Requirements
    • Procedure for Obtaining Authorization for Out-of-State Travel
• Claims Submission
  • Introduction
  • Claims Submission Options
    • Introduction
    • Paper Claims Submission
  • Follow-Up to Claims Submission
  • Billing Across Midnight
  • Daylight Savings Time
• Codes for Prior Authorization and Claims
  • Introduction
  • Revenue Codes
  • Date of Service
  • Procedure Codes
  • Modifiers
    • Introduction
    • Start-of-Shift Modifiers
    • Professional Status Modifiers
    • Case Coordination Modifier
  • Units of Service
    • Introduction
    • Rounding Guidelines
  • Prior Authorization Number
  • Diagnosis Code
• Appendix
• PDF

Claims Submission

Billing Across Midnight

Providers are required to bill for each DOS that care was provided. If a nurse provides care for a recipient across midnight, the nurse is required to split the billing over two DOS since the shift extends over two dates. This means that two modifiers must be used, one for the hours of the shift occurring before midnight, and another to designate the hours of the shift occurring after midnight on the next calendar day.

For example, if a nurse begins care for a recipient at 8:00 p.m. on December 1 and ends care at 4:00 a.m. on December 2, the nurse should bill for four hours of care on December 1 with modifier "UH" and four hours of care on December 2 with modifier "UJ." Refer to Appendix 13 of this handbook for a list of modifiers and their descriptions and Appendix 16 of this handbook for a sample claim form of two shifts spanning midnight.

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