Reader Questions:
No Medical Supervision Means No Payment for the MD
Published on Thu Nov 12, 2020
Question: In our state a nurse anesthetist can provide care under the supervision of or under a collaborative agreement with a surgeon or another specialty when an anesthesiologist is not present to provide medical direction. The nurse anesthetist receives 100 percent of the allowed amount for cases reported with modifier QZ. Our anesthesiologist, however, is saying that the nurse anesthetist [...]