Several physicians have been hired as part-time contractors (as opposed to employees), to work at a second location. The Doctor/Owner is not at the second location while the contracted physicians are working. The Dr/Owner has been billing under his NPI # and not indicating that the services were provided at the second location by another provider. Are there any billing or legal implications for this?
Someone told the owner that if the patient charts are stored at the main location then there is no need to report that the services are provided at the second location and since the new doctors are not technically employees of the company there is no need to report them as being the provider, is any of this true?