Do I have to become a Durable Medical Equipment (DME) supplier if I work in a physicians office (“billing incident to”) or my own private practice?
If you submit payment claims for durable medical equipment to the Medicare Part B program using your own Medicare provider number, then you will need to obtain a DME supplier number. If you are billing your services as incident to a physician, you should ascertain whether the physician owned practice currently maintains a DME supplier number. If the answer is yes, then you can bill for orthotics and prosthetics under the facility DME number. If the answer is no, then you will need to obtain a separate DME supplier number.
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