Medical Billing Forum
NPI Numbers => NPI Numbers => : ChristineS April 10, 2012, 04:17:52 PM
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Hello, I have a LPC-S who wants to hire LMFT's and LCDC's (fully licensed) to to work under her. They will only be temp because they are also LPC-I's. When they finish their hours they will move on to other employment. Can the LPC-S stay and ind provider and credential with carriers and take resp and bill under her NPI for these providers or does she need to become a group? If she becomes a group and ends up being the only person in the group would she then need to change to an ind with the insurance carriers?
Thanks
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I do not believe that she can do that. Laws do vary from state to state and also each insurance carrier has their own rules/guidelines that must be considered as well, but I do not believe that she can bill under her NPI for those services performed by the other professionals.
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We have a medical psychologist and lpc in our office. One of the lpc's is a lpc-s. even with them being licensed our mp signs off on everything. we also have lpc-i and phd -i. in our state, the unlicensed (interns) are billed under mp.
if they are licensed depending on insurance you can file under them. if a patient is seen by lpc here and has medicare, we have to file under mp. most other insurances the lpc is contracted. but you must see your state rules. etc.