tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2016 Issue 23

Take Time to Address These LT and Reciprocal Billing Quandaries

Hiring a locum tenens doesn’t need to be daunting and is actually a great benefit to practices and providers in need. Some of the guidelines, however, are a bit restrictive and confusing. Locum review. Locum tenens describes a one-way exchange between providers. Your physician would retain a substitute physician to take over the practice for such reasons as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education. The substitute physician generally is paid a fixed amount per diem or similar for-time basis. To report the locum tenens services, you would append modifier Q6 to all of the temporary physician’s...

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