Note: Physician Supervision for Recovery Room and Condition Code 44 Services
Medicare Weekly Update, November 24, 2009
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Providers should pay attention to two issues that were quietly discussed in the physician supervision section of the 2010 OPPS final rule released this week in the Federal Register. The applicability of physician supervision requirements to recovery room services and services billed on condition code 44 claims were both discussed in the comment and response section to the rule, and have important implications for providers.
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