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Here’s How Incident-to Guidelines Apply

Published on Fri Sep 25, 2020

Question: I reported 99211 for a nurse visit with a Medicare patient when our oncologist was out at lunch. My office manager said we can’t report 99211 this way, but I wasn’t sure if that’s true. Can you help me? Washington Subscriber Answer: Your office manager is correct. For Medicare claims, the physician must physically be in the office at [...]
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