US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 12, § 30.6.5
Physicians in Group Practice
Physicians in the same group practice who are in the same specialty must bill and be paid as
though they were a single physician. If more than one evaluation and management (face-to-face) service is provided on the same day to the same patient by the same physician or more
than one physician in the same specialty in the same group, only one evaluation and
management service may be reported unless the evaluation and management services are for
unrelated problems. Instead of billing separately, the physicians should select a level of service
representative of the combined visits and submit the appropriate code for that level.
Physicians in the same group practice but who are in different specialties may bill and be paid
without regard to their membership in the same group.
History
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
31251e51b4e40e1c3c748b9f6961dd9839ab333bb55ce61a36dee6c76db65f48
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