Section 418.10923. Hospital billing for practitioner services.

(1) A hospital billing for practitioner services, including a certified registered nurse anesthetist, a certified anesthesiologist assistant, a physician, a nurse who has a specialty certification, and a physician's assistant, shall submit bills on a CMS 1500 form and the hospital shall use the appropriate procedure codes adopted by these rules. A hospital shall bill for professional services provided in the hospital clinic setting as practitioner services on a CMS 1500 form using outpatient hospital for the site of service. A hospital or hospital system-owned office practice shall bill all office services as practitioner services on a CMS 1500 form using office or clinic for the site of service. A hospital or hospital system-owned industrial or occupational clinic providing occupational health services for injured workers shall bill all clinic services as practitioner services on a CMS 1500 using office or clinic for the site of service. A hospital or hospital system-owned industrial or occupational clinic shall not use emergency department evaluation and management procedure codes. Radiology and laboratory services may be billed as facility services on the UB-04.

(2)     A hospital billing for the professional component of a medical service, excluding physical medicine, occupational medicine, or speech and hearing services shall bill the service on a CMS 1500 claim form adding modifier -26 identifying the bill is for the professional component of the service. The bill shall indicate outpatient hospital for the site of service. The carrier shall pay the maximum allowable fee listed in the manual for the professional component

of the procedure. If the professional component is not listed, then the carrier shall pay 40% of the maximum allowable fee.

(3)   A hospital billing for a radiologist's or pathologist's services shall bill the professional component of the procedure on the CMS 1500 claim form and shall place modifier -26 after the appropriate procedure code to identify the professional component of the service. The carrier shall pay the maximum allowable fee listed in the manual for the professional component of the procedure. If the professional component is not listed, then the carrier shall pay 40% of the maximum allowable fee.

(4)   A hospital billing for a certified registered nurse anesthetist or certified anesthesiologist assistant shall bill only time units of an anesthesiology procedure and use modifier -QX with the appropriate anesthesia code, except when billing for a certified registered nurse anesthetist in the absence of medical direction from a supervising anesthesiologist.

2015.

History: 1998-2000 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2005 AACS; 2008 AACS; 2015 MR 17, Eff. Sept. 15,