AshleyMartin
Networker
I need some feedback on the correct way to bill for PA services.
We have a PA that works both in the office and in the hospital. We bill "incident to" for the services that she performs in the office. My question is more related to the billing for the work she does at the hospital. Can she see the patient, document under the physician's name on the EMR, then he sees the patient seperately. Together, they review the patient's note and he then signs it electronically. Is this sufficient for billing a split/shared service?
Basically, my question is, in the EMR world, what is the correct way to document for split/shared visits and what amount of work should the PA and MD be performing on each patient and documenting in order to be compliant with the guidelines? This has been a running issue here for a long time and I want to make sure we are doing everything the correct way!
Ashley
We have a PA that works both in the office and in the hospital. We bill "incident to" for the services that she performs in the office. My question is more related to the billing for the work she does at the hospital. Can she see the patient, document under the physician's name on the EMR, then he sees the patient seperately. Together, they review the patient's note and he then signs it electronically. Is this sufficient for billing a split/shared service?
Basically, my question is, in the EMR world, what is the correct way to document for split/shared visits and what amount of work should the PA and MD be performing on each patient and documenting in order to be compliant with the guidelines? This has been a running issue here for a long time and I want to make sure we are doing everything the correct way!
Ashley