Practice Management Alert

Office Guidelines:

Keep Track of Where Your Doctors Are When Your Ancillary Staff Performs Services

Otherwise, you could be violating supervision requirements.  Like many practices, you are likely trying to utilize your non-physician practitioners (NPPs) and ancillary staff to maximize your patient flow and physician time. But if you don’t understand the supervision requirements and make sure your doctors are available as required, you could actually cost your practice money in denials and lost reimbursement.  [...]
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