DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2020 Issue 3 (March)
Wait for service: Locum tenens is not the answer for unenrolled doctors
A geriatric practice hires a doctor who has completed her residency, but her Medicare enrollment won’t be approved for at least 30 days. The practice may be tempted to bill the new doctor’s services under a fee-for-time arrangement — Medicare’s current term for locum tenens — but that would violate Medicare billing rules, and a recent fraud settlement shows that it could be a costly violation.
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