DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 7 (July)

Ask a Part B News Expert: Resetting the 60-day locums clock

One of our physicians unexpectedly resigned from our group practice. We obtained written permission from the doctor to use his national provider identifier (NPI) to bill for the services of a locum tenens doctor. We know locum tenens rules set a limit of 60 calendar days to bill for services under the regular/resigning physician and the clock starts to tick from the first day the locum sees a patient.

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