Welcome to the Alpha Coding Podcast series with your host, Toni Elhoms, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CRC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer!

Episode 57 will cover Medical Coding Pro-Tips for Navigating Locum Tenens Compliance

1. Understand the goal of Locum Tenens Rules

2. Apply HCPCS modifier Q6 when appropriate

3. Locum Tenens rules do not apply to Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs)

4. Locum Tenens Physicians are not part-time employees

5. Locum Tenens is a Medicare specific Rule

6. Understand the active duty military exception

7. Understand how the Locum Tenens rules apply to Medical Group Claims

8. Don’t misuse the Locum Tenens rules to avoid credentialing new providers

9. Don’t take compliance advice from a Locum Tenens company

10. The cost of getting Locum Tenens compliance wrong is steep

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