yes,,,thank you.... as a rule for medicare, if the M.P. is not within 15 minutes away,,, we will not see medicare client. He is always here in the office so we have no issues. good example: tomorrow he has been subpeoned to court which is over 2 hours away from office. we have cx appts for most pts with medicare, the few that are remaining is being seen at no charge (only due to emergency situations)
That is correct..let me just add something from experience with two providers I billed for ..same situation..both were supposed to be supervising. Make sure you look up the rules/regs on supervision..I found out mine were NOT on grounds at time of visit and that was one of the requirements. I didn't discover it until one day I got superbills from the provider with the LPC's signature and I knew the PHD (supervising provider) was away for 2 weeks! Turns out that it had been going on a LOT, but once I discovered it I had to stop billing for him since it would be considered fraud on my part as well as their's. I did end up getting a whistleblower's payment 3 years later The other one I couldn't prove it but terminated him as soon as I suspected it. KNOW your supervision rules and be aware!
Because it mentions telecommunications, it would seem the SP does not need to be in the same location as the PA when the PA is seeing patients.