tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 8

READER QUESTION: Primary Surgeon Should Keep Global in Mind

Question: If a neurosurgeon calls our orthopedic surgeon to the operating room to assist, does the global period apply to the orthopedic surgeon?Ohio Subscriber Answer: No. The global period applies only to the primary surgeon, not to the assistant surgeon.For future reference: According to -Global Surgery: Questions and Answers- by Palmetto GBA, the Part B Medicare carrier for Ohio, you may separately submit -services of other physicians except where the surgeon and other physician(s) agree on the transfer of care.-Services a surgeon may submit separately during the global period also include:- initial consultation or evaluation (for...

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