tci Part B Insider - 2016 Issue 22

Reader Question: Clarify Your LT Claims Concerns

Question: One of the physicians in our practice will be out of the country for nine weeks this summer. In the last issue of Part B Insider, you mentioned that CMS allows only 60 continuous days per locum tenens (LT). If our physician only ends up being away 65 days, can we just keep the same LT for the last five days? Florida Subscriber Answer: No. CMS has a very strict policy regarding coverage by locum tenens (LT)—when they say 60 continuous days, they mean 60 continuous days starting immediately from the first day the LT provides care...

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