How The PA Profession Is Changing
Episode description
This week I became one of the first PA's to get a Medicare billing number! I have been working independently for quite some time and bill insurance companies directly. However, I have never been able to bill Medicare... that is, up until now.
In December 2020, there was a massive stimulus bill passed for the Coronavirus and in the midst of those 5,593 pages was a short little paragraph allowing "PAs to receive direct payment under Medicare." This took effect on January 1, 2022 and immediately I filled out all the paperwork and just this week... I received my official number so I could begin billing for my services.
While this might not seem like a big issue, it really is changing the whole PA Profession and will affect all future PAs considerably. In today's episode, I'll cover why this is so important and how it will affect you when you become a PA.