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Post 2 NP providers in Palliative Care
Author: jward10450
Date: Oct 28, 2010 8:29 pm
I have been the sole provider for palliative care in a community hospital. I am contracted to provide these services and my billing/coding and revenue is handled by the agency I work for and not funneled through the hospital billing service.

We are in the process of hiring another NP who will be employed by the hospital but we will work together in the program.

Can we cover for each other, can we share follow up patients? Ie,,, she see's the patient as a new consult and I do the follow up?

Any clarification you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks- Jennifer
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Re:2 NP providers in Palliative Care (by JulieP on 11/01/2010)
Jennifer, I don't know of any reason why you cannot cover for each other. Make sure you're billing the right codes for what you'e doing. Outpatient if the patient has been seen by one of you the other would not bill as new. Inpt subbsequent to the intital consult you'd bill subsequent visits during the same inpt stay. If you know you're going to hand off the follow up to the other NP, it's good to have that noted in the medical record.

Julie Pipke-CPC, CAPC Consultant

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