Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 2 (January 20, 2020) - CMS has agreed to pay a physical therapy practice $55,000 in a December settlement that’s at the intersection of claims and enrollment, and again runs into the...more
CMS recently published guidance to implement Section 16006 of the 21st Century Cures Act, effective June 13, 2017, which allows physical therapists providing services to Medicare beneficiaries to utilize "locum tenens"...more
Even doctors get sick sometimes, or need to take a vacation, and when they do, patients are not seen and billing does not happen. Cue locum tenens – a system used by providers to ensure continuity of care and revenue when...more