In incident to billing, which statement is true?

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The key idea is that incident-to billing allows certain services provided by nonphysician staff to be reimbursed at the physician’s full rate when they are performed under direct physician supervision and as part of the established plan of care in the physician’s practice. Because of this supervision and linkage to the physician’s care, the service is billed under the physician’s provider number, yielding the full physician fee rather than a reduced nonphysician rate. This arrangement applies in appropriate outpatient settings (like the physician’s office or clinic) where direct supervision is met and the plan of care is established, though it doesn’t apply to inpatient hospital services where separate billing rules apply.