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I am having a difficult time finding resolution on how to bill for our physical therapists
services. We are a specialist office who hires PT and MT who work between 10 to 40 hours a week. They are licensed with the state. We bill our claims using the group tax and NPI number with the ordering physician listed as the referring and rendering physician with the doctor's NPI number.
Some of our PT's have their own NPI because they work at other offices in town or have their own office. We were billing "incident to" for all payers. Since some of our PT's do not have an NPI, we were not billing with any of the PT's or MT's NPI (box 24J) or as the rendering provider (box 31) on the claims. We have not had any problems until recently.
Federal BCBS advised that we are suppose to bill with the PT's name and NPI number as the rendering provider because patients claim they have to pay the copay of a Specialist office not their PCP copay. We are not a gereral physician office.
We are contracted with CMS, Medicaid, Tricare, and Premera only. I have gone to the OIG site, AAPC, APTA, Google, CMS, and our state insurance commissioners office and still cannot find a direct answer. I am hoping some of my fellow coders and billers can please assist me. Thank you.
services. We are a specialist office who hires PT and MT who work between 10 to 40 hours a week. They are licensed with the state. We bill our claims using the group tax and NPI number with the ordering physician listed as the referring and rendering physician with the doctor's NPI number.
Some of our PT's have their own NPI because they work at other offices in town or have their own office. We were billing "incident to" for all payers. Since some of our PT's do not have an NPI, we were not billing with any of the PT's or MT's NPI (box 24J) or as the rendering provider (box 31) on the claims. We have not had any problems until recently.
Federal BCBS advised that we are suppose to bill with the PT's name and NPI number as the rendering provider because patients claim they have to pay the copay of a Specialist office not their PCP copay. We are not a gereral physician office.
We are contracted with CMS, Medicaid, Tricare, and Premera only. I have gone to the OIG site, AAPC, APTA, Google, CMS, and our state insurance commissioners office and still cannot find a direct answer. I am hoping some of my fellow coders and billers can please assist me. Thank you.