tci Part B Insider - 2016 Issue 21

Part B Billing: Don't Let Locum Tenens Rules Spoil Your Summer Vacation

LT restrictions made easy with these tips for filling physician vacancies. The onset of warm breezes and sunny skies can only mean that summer is fast approaching. As much needed vacations from the toil and trouble of everyday life are planned, it’s often necessary for practices to engage locum tenens (LT) physicians to provide coverage for doctors away on holiday. Quick Review: “Locum tenens” (LT) refers specifically to physicians who substitute for other physicians when they’re absent for the following reasons: illness, pregnancy, vacation, continuing medical education, and sabbatical. “Locum tenens do not generally participate...

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