Incident-to Billing is not for Residents
Some third-year resident physicians would like to moonlight at our clinic, but insurance companies have told us they will not recognize billing by residents. Is there a way around this problem? Can we bill them under me as medical director although I am usually not on premises?
Question: Some third-year resident physicians would like to moonlight at our clinic, but insurance companies have told us they will not recognize billing by residents. Is there a way around this problem? Can we bill them under me as medical director although I am usually not on premises?
Answer: No, incident-to does not apply to residents, and besides, you’d need to be on premises to bill incident-to. Note that you may be able to bill Medicare. The AAMC has a summary of the rules on its Web site.
For private insurers, they call their own shots, although it may still be worth a few more phone calls to try and negotiate a solution, depending on the volume of billing.
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