Evaluation and Management Services / Two doctors, same practice, same day

Why This Topic Matters

Same-day E/M encounters can affect whether one or more services may be reported in a group practice setting, which is important for compliant claim submission and accurate physician billing.

Article Sections

1. Medicare Claims Processing Manual guidance

   Introduces the Medicare manual material relevant to same-day E/M services in group practice settings and frames the issue addressed by the article.

2. Same-day E/M services in the same group practice

   Discusses how multiple face-to-face E/M encounters by physicians in the same group are handled when the patient is seen on the same day.

3. Example of multiple physicians seeing the same patient

   Provides a broad illustration of how the article applies the manual guidance to a scenario involving more than one physician in the same practice.

4. Related topics

   Lists additional evaluation and management topics that are referenced for further reading.