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Hello all. Curious about something.
How does the office set up work for a physician who is multiple boarded?
Specifically IM with subspecialty training. Whether it's one subspecialty or many.
Let's talk for the sake of argument the IM / Cardiologist physician.
Since a consultant must have a primary care physician refer in order to bill, would this mean this physician would primarily be practicing cardiology and occassionally dabble in primary care?
If this physician really liked primary care screening, prevention, and had a good grasp of non-cardiac issues, would this physician have to then have both board certifications maintained, buy two sets of malpractice, and essentially be labelled as an internist and bill for internal medicine visits (not that there's any different CPT codes I believe) and then just perform the cardiac procedures under the umbrella of this individuals cardiology certification?
Obviously this will have to be private practice as employers usually would not allow the reduced income/RVUs for a salaried employee to do the work of two physicians but only bill for the work of one.
How does the office set up work for a physician who is multiple boarded?
Specifically IM with subspecialty training. Whether it's one subspecialty or many.
Let's talk for the sake of argument the IM / Cardiologist physician.
Since a consultant must have a primary care physician refer in order to bill, would this mean this physician would primarily be practicing cardiology and occassionally dabble in primary care?
If this physician really liked primary care screening, prevention, and had a good grasp of non-cardiac issues, would this physician have to then have both board certifications maintained, buy two sets of malpractice, and essentially be labelled as an internist and bill for internal medicine visits (not that there's any different CPT codes I believe) and then just perform the cardiac procedures under the umbrella of this individuals cardiology certification?
Obviously this will have to be private practice as employers usually would not allow the reduced income/RVUs for a salaried employee to do the work of two physicians but only bill for the work of one.