1.0 DESCRIPTION
Services
commonly furnished by employees in physicians’ offices or clinics
which are either rendered without charge or included in the physicians’
bills are referred to as services furnished incident to a physician’s
professional services. This means that the services are furnished
as an integral, although incidental, part of the physician’s personal
professional services in the course of diagnosis or treatment of
an injury or illness.
2.0 POLICY
Services
rendered by employees (i.e., aides, technicians, attendants, etc.)
of an authorized independent individual professional provider (hereafter
referred to as an authorized provider) are subject to the following
criteria:
2.1 The individual shall be
an employee for whom the authorized provider, as employer, pays
a salary, Social Security taxes, Workmen’s Compensation, etc.
2.2 The services shall be
performed under the authorized provider’s direct personal supervision.
2.3 The authorized
provider shall bill for the services
rendered by the employees.
2.4 The services rendered shall be
otherwise covered, and not of a type usually performed only by a
physician or other authorized provider.