tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2015 Issue 5

Terminology: Know the Lingo to Determine Who Qualifies as an NPP

Once you can clearly define non-physician practitioner (NPP), also referred to as or non-physician provider, in your practice or facility, you are well on the road to solving the incident-to billing riddle. “Learning the ‘lingo’ in this area is a real challenge,” says Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., president of Abbey & Abbey, Consultants, Inc. in Ames, Iowa, during his recent audio-conference “Effective Utilization of Non-Physician Practitioners,” sponsored by The Coding Institute affiliate AudioEducator.com. “You are going to have to take the time and trouble to step back and make sure that...

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