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Wiki Can we use Locum Tenens or Reciprocal Billing?

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I work for an Internal Medicine practice whos docs make the rounds at a critical access hospital. Due to a current shortage of docs in our practice recently, the hospital has considered hiring a hospitalist to cover the rounds every other week. However they want us to bill for the services using the locum modifier. We will be reimbursing the hospital the hospitalist salary

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Are you actually short a physician, as in someone left your practice? If that is the case then you can bill under that providers name/number with the Q6 for up to 60 calendar days, then that is it.

If they are wanting you to bill under a provider that is still there and working, ie not on vacation or sick leave, then that is fraud.

Laura, CPC
 
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