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Watch Supervision Requirements for Incident-to

Published on Mon Aug 10, 2020

Question: If the physician and a nurse practitioner are in contact over the phone — but are in different buildings — can we still bill “incident to” on Medicare claims for the NP’s services? Codify Subscriber Answer: Medicare stipulates that the nurse practitioner (NP) must be working under “direct supervision” of a physician to bill incident to. The supervising physician [...]
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