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A change in ‘incident to’ billing


 

A proposal would eliminate incident to billing which is a payment policy under which an APRN or PA delivers the care, but the claim is filed under a physician’s NPI and is paid via Medicare physician fee schedule rate. Also today, stepping down to oral ciprofloxacin looks safe in gram-negative bloodstream infections, a nasal cannula device may be an option for severe COPD, and brexanolone injection quickly improves postpartum depression.

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