tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 17

PHYSICIAN NOTES: CMS Updates Incident-to Regs--NPPs Take Note

Plus: Lawmakers plan legislation to save Medicare payment cuts for early JuneIf you-ve been wondering when CMS would finally clarify some of the more sticky issues involved in incident-to coding, that time has come.On May 2, CMS issued Trans-mittal 87, which revises the incident-to guidelines. The main revisions involve CMS- inclusion of nonphysician (NPP) practitioners in much of the language.For instance, where the policy previously referred to a -physician's services,- it now notes that it refers to a  -physician's NPP's professional services.-You can find the new incident-to regulations on the CMS Web site at www...

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