Shared Visits Offer Several Advantages

Article Overview

This article discusses Medicare shared visits in the inpatient setting, focusing on how physicians and nonphysician practitioners can divide hospital work while preserving billing opportunities. It is aimed at coders, billing staff, compliance teams, and physician practices that use mid-level providers in hospitals. The piece covers the operational benefits of shared visits, the types of inpatient tasks that may be assigned to NPPs, and the documentation and billing context that makes the service payable under Medicare.