FAQs

 POCUS is ultrasound performed by the treating clinician at the bedside, used to answer a specific clinical question in real time. Instead of ordering an imaging study and waiting for a radiology read, the clinician scans, interprets, and acts immediately. It's now standard of care in emergency medicine and rapidly expanding across almost every specialty.

 We start with an intake form to understand your current program, then meet with relevant stakeholders including department leadership, IT, and billing. From there we conduct a site visit, then deliver a written report with specific recommendations and a follow-up meeting to walk through them. Engagements typically  continue into implementation for 6-12 months.

Yes!  POCUS is billed using CPT codes as a limited ultrasound examination, with both professional and facility fees available for reimbursement. The catch is that specific documentation requirements must be met, including a formatted report and archived images. That's one of the most common places programs leave money on the table 

Yes! We offer comprehensive assistance with all aspects of credentialing, recognizing its hospital/healthcare system-specific nature, which may vary across institutions. In cases where your hospital lacks a defined credentialing pathway, we provide a tailored credentialing policy ready for immediate implementation by the hospital or department. Our policy accounts for specialty-specific credentialing guidelines, if applicable.

If your hospital already has an established credentialing pathway, we facilitate the credentialing process for providers within this framework. Credentialing typically entails specific quotas of POCUS exams performed and reviewed for quality. Peachtree POCUS delivers both the requisite education and image review services to fulfill these requirements. Additionally, we offer ongoing support to maintain credentialing status through regular image reviews.

Technically, billing/reimbursement and credentialing are unrelated. However, just like any procedure, it is highly recommended that providers be credentialed before using POCUS to make clinical decisions. 

 Not for clinical use, but getting radiology on board early makes implementation smoother. Most concerns from radiology, cardiology, and OBGYN come down to image quality, clinician competence, and reimbursement overlap. A well-structured program with credentialing and QA addresses most of those directly 

 Yes. While Peachtree POCUS is rooted in emergency medicine, most of the operational challenges around POCUS, credentialing, policy, training, and reimbursement, are the same regardless of specialty. We have worked with hospital medicine, surgery, anesthesia, family medicine, and others. The clinical applications differ, but the program-building process doesn't change much.