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tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 34
READER QUESTION: Get Your Intra-Office Consults in Line
Document the consults as if an outside physician performed them. Question: I have an ob-gyn practice that wants to bill consults within their same group. They all share the same tax ID but have different sub-specialties. They want to refer patients to each other and then bill out consults. Is this possible? If so, could you point me to the source document? Answer: Yes, they can -- provided the following situations are true: • The ob-gyn whose advice the other physician requests has more expertise than the initial physician. • The visit meets the standard criteria for consults. Consult...
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