cvand1972
Guru
Hi,
Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction for NP Billing. Here is the question:
Hypothetically, if a NP saw a patient (with a Supervising MD in the office suite but not physically seeing the patient also), can we still bill with the MD provider # to capture 100% payment?
What if it was a new patient? Could we still bill under the MD provider #?
I know Medicare has 'incident to' rules and all that so I'm not looking for that, but this question relates to how we do things in our practice overall.
Currently, in our practice, if an NP sees a patient, everyone feels that the only way we can bill with the MD's provider # is if the MD also comes in to the room and visits with the patient for a bit.
If an NP sees a patient and an MD does not come in to the room at all, everyone feels that we should bill under the NP provider #, even though the Supervising MD is in the Office.
What does everyone else do?
Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction for NP Billing. Here is the question:
Hypothetically, if a NP saw a patient (with a Supervising MD in the office suite but not physically seeing the patient also), can we still bill with the MD provider # to capture 100% payment?
What if it was a new patient? Could we still bill under the MD provider #?
I know Medicare has 'incident to' rules and all that so I'm not looking for that, but this question relates to how we do things in our practice overall.
Currently, in our practice, if an NP sees a patient, everyone feels that the only way we can bill with the MD's provider # is if the MD also comes in to the room and visits with the patient for a bit.
If an NP sees a patient and an MD does not come in to the room at all, everyone feels that we should bill under the NP provider #, even though the Supervising MD is in the Office.
What does everyone else do?