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.