Sabrina Holton is the office manager, and Dr. Imel asks her to report back on whether the use of the contracted diabetic educator is cost-effective to house in the office. The educator has been teaching patients for one month in a small office space rented by Dr. Imel and, during that month, has taught 20 patients. The educator bills the physician $30.00 per patient. additional details: The rental of the office space is $100 per month, electricity and Internet service for the space is $50, and office supplies are $15. The corresponding allowance for diabetic education sessions (CPT code G0109) is $37.11. Remember when using G0109 that you can have up to 20 people in the training group, making reimbursement for the service quite reasonable. For example, a group of just three Medicare beneficiaries would generate $111.33 for 30 minutes of training.

1. Is this beneficial? Why?