Many glomus tympanicum tumors can now be approached through the ear canal by elevating the eardrum and then destroying the tumor completely with an Argon or CO2 laser versus more radical surgeries performed in the past. The laser is an extremely useful tool for removing glomus tumors. A larger Argon .4 to .6 mm.
Yes. If the NPP will be providing services to Medicare patients, and you want to bill for such services Medicare mandates that all NPP's have a NPI number. It would be wise to do a compliance audit with your company or billing entity to assure that proper NPI numbers are on the CMS1500 for services provided by NPP's.ervices covered by Medicare incident to are those services furnished in a physician office. It is not applicable in the hospital setting--either inpatient or outpatient --and as such it is not applicable in the emergency department.
Additional Web pages available under the Coordination of Benefits & Recovery section of CMS.gov can be found in the Related Links section below. The Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program is in place to ensure that Medicare is aware of situations where it should not be the primary, or first, payer of claims. If a beneficiary has Medicare and other health insurance, Coordination of Benefits (COB) rules decide which entity pays first.