tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 12

Reader Question: Primary Surgeon Should Keep Global In Mind

Initial consultation, diagnostic tests are also fair game Question: If a neurosurgeon calls our orthopedic surgeon to the operating room to assist, does the global period apply to the orthopedic surgeon? Ohio Subscriber Answer: No. The global period applies only to the primary surgeon, not to the assistant surgeon. For future reference: According to "Global Surgery: Questions and Answers" by Palmetto GBA, the Part B Medicare carrier for Ohio, you may separately submit "services of other physicians except where the surgeon and other physician(s) agree on the transfer of care." Services a surgeon may submit separately during the...

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