I have been told that if the PA is rounding on a surgical patient regardless if one of our group has assisted in the surgery or not that it can not be charged out, but I was not given anything in writing from any organization that shows this. I do have this from Medicare:

The global surgical package, also called global surgery, includes all necessary services normally furnished by a surgeon before, during, and after a procedure. Medicare payment for the surgical procedure includes the preoperative, intra-operative, and post-operative services routinely performed by the surgeon or by members of the same group with the same specialty. Physicians in the same group practice who are in the same specialty must bill and be paid as though they were a single physician

These providers are not in the same group.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

thank you