CMS issues proposals for new physician supervision requirements
Recovery Auditor Report, July 22, 2010
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On July 2, CMS published the OPPS Proposed Rule for 2011 ahead of anticipated timeframes. The rule contained a much awaited discussion and proposal on supervision of therapeutic services covered under the “incident to” provision in hospital outpatient departments. This was a “quiet year,” so to speak, and there were few other changes — none with the potential operational impact of this new proposal — so I will focus on it.
Editor’s note: Kimberly Hoy, Esq., director of Medicare and compliance for HCPro, Inc. is the author of this week’s note from the instructor.
Continue reading Kimberly's note at the MedicareMentor Blog.
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