Practice Management Alert

Reader Questions:

Check This Incident-To Rule

Question: If our physician and nonphysician practitioner (NPP) are in contact over the phone — but are in different buildings — can our practice still bill “incident-to” on Medicare claims? Iowa Subscriber Answer: No. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stipulates an NPP must be working under “direct supervision” of a physician to bill incident-to. The supervising physician [...]
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