Anesthesia Services and Teaching Anesthesiologist
If a teaching anesthesiologist is involved in a single procedure with one resident, the anesthesia services will be paid at the personally performed rate. The teaching physician must document in the medical records that he or she was present during all critical (or key) portions of the procedure. The teaching physician’s physical presence during only the preoperative or postoperative visits with the beneficiary is not sufficient to receive Medicare payment. If ananesthesiologist is involved in concurrent procedures with more than one resident or with a resident and a non-physician anesthetist, the anesthesiologist’s services will be paid at the medically directed rate.
Use modifier GC (Teaching Physician Service) to indicate the service has been performed in part by a resident under the direction of a teaching physician. This modifier is added after the anesthesia modifier.
Non-Covered Anesthesia Services
The following anesthesia services are non-covered:• Stand By
