If the supervising provider is different from the ordering provider, which provider number is used to report “incident to” services?
“Incident to” services should be billed under the supervising physician who would be covering for the patient’s normal physician and would be a member of the same group with the patient’s physician. If the supervising physician had no relationship with ordering physician, then “incident to” criteria would not be satisfied as supervising physician would have not had an initial service with the patient. See also MedLearn Matters article via http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedlearnMattersArticles/downloads/MM3138.
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