That portion of compensation for a physician's (M.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D./M.D.) activities, provided through agreement with a hospital, representing services which are not directly related to an identifiable part of the medical care of an individual patient is the hospital component of physician compensation, and must be split between salaries and fees per N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4.131. Hospital services include teaching, research conducted in conjunction with and as part of patient care (to the extent that such costs are not met by special research funds), administration, general supervision of technical personnel, laboratory quality control activities, committee work, performance of autopsies, and attending conferences as part of the physicians' hospital service activities. The allocation of physician compensation between hospital and professional components and documentation thereof is to be in accordance with Medicare Providers Reimbursement Manual, Publication 15, Part I, Chapter 24, Payment to Providers incorporated herein by reference and available at www.CMS.hhs.gov/manuals/cmsindex.asp.
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-4.52
See: 27 N.J.R. 2148(a), 27 N.J.R. 3481(a).
Amended by R.2006 d.27, effective 1/17/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 2165(a), 38 N.J.R. 667(a).
Deleted "D.D.S./M.D." and added "D.D.S., D.M.D/M.D."; deleted the reference "HIM-15, Section 2108" and replaced it with the address to the Medicare website.