"Incident to" Billing in Healthcare: Navigating Complex Requirements and Ensuring Compliance

Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A

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Conducted on Wednesday, July 19, 2017

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Course Materials

This CLE course will provide guidance on complying with “incident to” billing requirements. The panel will discuss the requirements and advantages related to incident to billing and the potential ramifications of violations. The panel will also offer best practices for ensuring compliance and addressing allegations of improper billing.

Description

There are many rules that need to be followed in order to bill Medicare. One of the more complicated rules governs services that are provided “incident to” a physician’s care. Despite the complex requirements, there are advantages to billing incident to. Namely, non-physician practitioners are able to provide healthcare services and bill at the supervising physician rate.

However, billing incorrectly may result in fines and penalties on top of underlying overpayments. For example, a South Carolina urgent care provider agreed to pay $1 million to resolve claims that included alleged violations of incident to billing rules. Healthcare providers and suppliers must understand the complexities of these rules to help ensure compliance.

Listen as our authoritative panel of healthcare attorneys discusses the incident to billing requirements. The panel will also examine its advantages, as well as the relevant pitfalls and confusion, and the consequences of violations. The panel will offer guidance for compliance and defending against allegations of improper billing.

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Outline

  1. Requirements of billing services as “incident to”
  2. Pros and cons of incident to billing
    1. Advantages
    2. Common pitfalls
    3. Associated confusion
    4. Potential ramifications
  3. Guidance for compliance and defending against allegations of improper billing

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What are the requirements for incident to billing?
  • What are the best approaches for healthcare providers to ensure compliance when incident to billing?

Faculty

Joan Polacheck
Joan Polacheck
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery

Ms. Polacheck advises on a variety of healthcare compliance issues, including fraud and abuse and related matters....  |  Read More

Wallace, Monica
Monica A. Wallace
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery

Ms. Wallace focuses her practice on complex regulatory and transactional counseling to health care...  |  Read More

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