can a mid level see new patients per medicare guidelines
Yes. If the NPP will be providing services to Medicare patients, and you want to bill for such services Medicare mandates that all NPP's have a NPI number. It would be wise to do a compliance audit with your company or billing entity to assure that proper NPI numbers are on the CMS1500 for services provided by NPP's.ervices covered by Medicare incident to are those services furnished in a physician office. It is not applicable in the hospital setting--either inpatient or outpatient --and as such it is not applicable in the emergency department.