tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 26

PART B: Avoid Reporting 99211 For Diagnostic Testing Services

Audiologists should be heard and not seen (by your doctor).Myth: Audiologists should bill "incident to" your physician's provider number when they furnish diagnostic tests. Reality: Audiologists should bill for their services under their own provider numbers. They'll receive 100 percent of the reimbursement for diagnostic tests, and they don't need a physician's supervision like "incident-to" providers do. The American Academy of Audiology encourages its members to bill under their own provider numbers instead of "incident-to," notes Jo Ann Steigerwald with Medical Business Specialists in Baraboo, WI. "When audiological services are billed using a physician's provider number or...

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