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The purpose of the “Incident To' self-service tool is to assist providers with understanding the CMS Part B 'incident-to' requirements and to apply the rules to their individual given patient/provider circumstances and to understand documentation requirements. Use of this tool is not a guarantee of coverage nor meant to imply 2 Dec 2017 While all information in this document is believed to be correct at the time of writing, this document is for educational purposes only and does not purport to provide legal advice. All models, methodologies and guidelines are undergoing continuous improvement and modification by Noridian and the Centers "Incident to" and the Initial Visit - Evaluation & Management Service Guidelines. Novitas Solutions Medical Review (MR) Department has observed a continued trend of the utilization of non-physician practitioners to perform initial office visits as "incident to" services. Documentation reviewed by the MR Department indicates 10 Aug 2017 Incident to is defined as services or supplies that are furnished incident to a physician's professional services when the services or supplies are furnished as an integral, although incidental, part of the physician's personal professional services in the course of diagnosis or treatment of an injury or illness and 8 Jul 2015 Medicare has very specific rules as to when you can use incident-to and how to bill under a supervising physician's NPI. of their note: “Doctor A in office supervising today” so that when and if the incident-to services are audited, the note has documentation that the billed doctor, Doctor A was on site. 23 Aug 2016 should document the essential requirements for incident to service. More specifically, these services must be all of the following: • An integral part of the patient's treatment course;. • Commonly rendered without charge (included in your physician's bills. • Of a type commonly furnished in a physician's office Rules to follow for incident to: The service must be an integral, although an incidental part of the physician's professional services. • Physician must have provided a previous E/M service, determined a diagnosis and documented a plan-of-care (POC). • Physician must be present in the office suite (direct supervision) and 4 Jun 2009 In an article about the Medical Review for "Incident To" services conducted by Part B it mentioned that one of the errors they found in documentation was that the E&M servies that were docemented by the PA; there was no indication that the physician was present in the office and/or that there was physician The patient record should document the essential requirements for incident to service. C MS IOM Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Sections 60, 60.1, and 60.2 discusses the incident to requirements. Section 60: To be covered incident to the services of a physician or other practitioner, 5 Dec 2017 There is a supervising physician on site but they do not comment on the documentation nor do they share face-to-face encounters. Should we bill a special way? Answer: If the incident to requirements is met the service may be billed under the physician's NPI. If the incident to requirements is not met the