DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2017 Issue 8 (August)

Two PTs can ‘reciprocate’ summer vacation coverage – if they’re in the right areas

Question: We have a physical therapist who wants to go on vacation and have her friend, another Medicare-enrolled physical therapist who works freelance, fill in for her. She tells us this is permissible under Medicare rules. I thought only M.D.s could do this. Who’s right? And if she’s right, how do we bill?

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