Illegal loggers at the frontier of the Peruvian and Brazilian border have mistakenly cut down what experts claim is the world's oldest tree after allegedly not noticing they were logging deeply in Matses Indigenous Reserve, an area were logging is illegal, infuriating local conservation organizations and native indigenous communities.
When benefits allow, Kaiser Permanente will reimburse assistant surgeon charges when the procedure. code is eligible for assistant surgeon reimbursement per Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (CMS) guidelines. Eligible services w hen billed with modifier 80, 81, or 82 will be reimbursed at 16% of. the allowable and when billed with modifier AS will be reimbursed at 13.6% of the allowable.
Use modifier SA for incident-to services that are billed under the supervising physicianâs NPI number. The modifier tells the insurer that the NP rather than the physician provided the service and the physician supervised the NP. Incident-to services are paid at 100 percent of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule amount. Insurers may apply a reduction to services billed directly under the NPâs NPI.