ARCPC9491
True Blue
I completely understand the concept of locum tenens ... BUT this is a first for me. We had to fire a physician due to a reason so bad their license will probably be suspended or terminated. We've identified a locum tenens physician for 60 days. Since the physician that left license is at stake, do we still bill under them for 60 days? Quite frankly, we don't want to have anything to do with the doc that we fired, in any aspect. However, we still need to get paid for services rendered by the locums. My guess is the license process takes a while to be suspended, so it probably won't be for some time, but is it still proper to bill under them?
The regs say that you can bill under a physician who left .... but doesn't regulate why the physician left.
Anyone else had to deal with something like this?
The regs say that you can bill under a physician who left .... but doesn't regulate why the physician left.
Anyone else had to deal with something like this?