2. Introduction
• Ashok Bagdy, vice president of health care
outsourcing services at Cameo Corporate Services
Limited, is responsible for the successful
introduction of speech recognition software to
streamline operations at his company. Also
dedicated to providing quality medical coding
outsourcing services, Ashok Bagdy closely follows
developments in the field of medical coding.
When new medical coding standards are introduced,
the American Association of Professional Coders
interprets the guidelines for its members.
3. Guidelines Simplified
• The association recently clarified the Medicare
guidelines for billing services provided by a qualified
non-physician practitioner (NPP) as “incident-to” a
physician in the same office.
In order to bill the encounter as “incident-to” and receive
correct payment for it through Medicare, the NPP must
meet certain strict criteria. The NPP must be licensed in
the state and be an employee of the physician or
physician group practice. The services the NPP provides
must be an integral part of and “incident-to” the
physician’s care of the patient. Lastly, the NPP must be
under the direct supervision of the physician when
providing these services.
