tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 17

CONSULTS: CMS Clarifies-No Shared Visits For Consults

A consult is one doctor's opinion, not a consensusConsults are hard work, and physicians may be tempted to share the load. But "do it yourself" should be the motto for consulting physicians, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.CMS is revising the Medicare Carriers Manual to clarify that physicians doing inpatient consults can't bill for a "shared visit," say CMS officials. You should report shared visits to bill for E/M services jointly performed by a physician and a non-physician practitioner under the physician's provider number.Right now, there's nothing in writing that says you can't...

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