Billing for Medical Director for Cardiac Rehab

Our IM physician is the MD for cardiac rehab. When classes are held in the same building...can the Md bill?

What do you mean?

Can you bill for what? His teaching the class? What is the class? Who are the students?

Medical Director for Cardiac Rehab

The physician is the medical director for the rehab program. During the time that cardiac rehab classes are being held she is in the building and is on stand by for any medical emergency that might arise during the time the patient is participating in the class. Can the physician bill when a class is held or is the considered part of the cardiac rehab charge? The hosptial bills for the cardiac rehab class. The physician is a hospital employed physician.

You can bill the hospital

The doctor should be getting a stipend for serving as medical director or have it as part of her employment contract. She certainly cannot bill the patient's insurance plans for this. The only stand-by coding I know of is for pediatricians for high risk deliveries. If your doc teaches a group class, there are ways to code for "group visits" but I don't know details.