EM Coding Alert
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Follow This Path to Incident-To Billing Success
Published on Wed Aug 21, 2013
Verify physician supervision before sending the claim.
Incident-to billing can help you maximize your practice’s reimbursement by leveraging the help of non-physician practitioners (NPPs) — but only if you follow the rules.
Use this handy tool, created by Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CENTC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC, president of CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J. to help you determine when you can bill services incident-to and when you can’t.
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