| Subject: | Updated CMS Guidelines For Teaching Physicians, Interns, and Residents |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 - 10:00 am |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published the revised Guidelines for Teaching Physicians, Interns, and Residents. According to the Guidelines, services furnished in teaching settings are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) if the services are: Personally furnished by a physician who is not a residentFurnished by a resident when a teaching physician is physically present during the critical or key portions of the service or Furnished by residents... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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