tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2022 Issue Q1

Policy: Understand This Medicare Update on Locum Tenens

Reminder: Don’t forget about the NPI nuances when billing. With warmer weather on the horizon, your practice may already be planning ahead for summer absences, including physician breaks for vacations, sabbaticals, or health reasons. If so, you are likely hiring another physician to temporarily help out while your practice’s physicians are out on leave. All services for substitute physicians must be reported using locum tenens billing, which allows you deserved reimbursement for your substitute physician’s services. Also of note: Locum tenens billing has a new name under Medicare guidelines, so don’t be caught off guard...

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