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02/27/2012

You and your peers lose tens of millions of dollars in incident-to service denials due to improper physician supervision. The crux of NPP billing regardless of whether it’s incident-to or not lay with proper supervision. Review each types of supervision and each scenario detailing where a doctor must be physically for an NPP to render specific services.

02/27/2012

This chart, from the 2010 American Academy of Physician Assistants Census, represents the annual median compensation for physician assistants (PAs) broken down by seven specialty types. NOTE: Survey data was collected between October 2010 and April 2011 and represents nearly 20,000 clinically practicing PAs, or almost a quarter of the total PA workforce. 

02/23/2012

Can dietitians and nutritionists bill services “incident-to” if they operate out of a physician practice? If so, can the nutritionist bill under the physician that is onsite that day and is different than the patient’s primary care provider for the new obesity counseling service? Also, what services can the dietitians bill “incident-to” and what supporting documentation is needed?

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