Advanced-practice providers can report services incident to an MD under a few circumstances.
Ray Painter, MD
Mark Painter
I have a physician assistant working for me. My billing staff and I are in disagreement as to how we should charge “incident to;” can you help?
The issue of billing for services provided by the advanced-practice provider (APP) is a complex one. We will try and boil it down.
First, we will remind everyone that “incident to” services can only be provided in the office setting and require that the billing provider is in the facility and not otherwise engaged in a way that will prevent the billing provider from assisting with the patient when the “incident to” service is provided.
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An APP (PA or NP) can report services “incident to” an MD under a few circumstances:
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