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.