tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2007 Issue 7

Shared Visits Offer Several Advantages

You can use Medicare's shared-visit provision when your NPPs lend your physicians a helping hand in the inpatient setting. For instance, an NPP can -pre-round- on patients for physicians, allowing the physician to get to the root of patient problems more quickly. Here's the advantage: You can still receive full Medicare reimbursement when your physicians use mid-level providers in the hospital. Moreover, by delegating such tasks as admits and discharges to NPPs, the physician is more available to take on higher-intensity -- and higher-paying -- services such as procedures or new patient consults.Shared visits in action: Your...

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