tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 10

Physician Fee Schedule: Get to Know Proposed 'Incident-to' Changes

Just one physician will do. You just honed your “incident-to” coding skills with the preceding story — but all that might change if a proposal in the July 15 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule goes into effect. Current way: You bill the incident-to services under the provider number of the physician who established the care plan that the NPP is carrying out. But you can list on the claim any doctor in the office as the physician providing direct supervision for the NPP. Proposed 2016 way: In the proposed fee schedule, CMS suggests paying for incident-to...

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