tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 19

Reader Question: Specialists' Non-Physician Practitioners Can Collect Primary Care Incentive Bonuses

Question: Our cardiology practice employs a non-physician practitioner (NPP) who performs a lot of E/M services for our patients, and that NPP received a bonus payment as part of the Primary Care Incentive Payment program, which surprised us. We wanted to double-check this -- is a nonphysician practitioner working for a specialist eligible to collect primary care incentive bonuses that are being distributed as a result of the Affordable Care Act rule?Answer: Yes. As long as the NPP meets all of the criteria for the primary care incentive payments, he can collect the bonus, said CMS's William Rogers...

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