The Hotel was centrally located, in fact it was an easy walk from the hotel to the Parkway. There could not have been an easier place to get to or to stay in Pigeon Forge. The Hotel Staff were truly wonderful from the moment you check in to the moment you check out. They have the customer service thing on...
But when billed as incident-to, Medicare pays at 100% of the physicianâs fee schedule because the visit falls under the physicianâs NPI. The Medicare criteria for incident-to billing are not well understood by most physicians, so we will try to clear up any confusion.
Bill patients more than their copays for services. This is called balance billing. Just as fraudulent is billing a patient extra when services have already been reimbursed. Accept referral fees from other providers. In fact, healthcare fraud can be dangerous both to patients' health and to their wallets. Beyond the fact that it takes so much money from our pockets, especially Medicare and Medicaid fraud which drain our tax reserves, these fraudulent activities are recorded on our medical records.