I am hiring a new associate. H/She will also be performing DME in my office. My practice is already enrolled in DME. Do I need to enroll the associate in DME separately and reassign the benefits to me (or the practice) or am I missing something?
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Typically it is the practice not you as an individual who is enrolled as a DME provider.
Assuming this let's look at two common scenarios:
If the associate is a W2 employee then h/she does not need to be enrolled as a separate DME provider if you have enrolled the practice under your type 2 (organizational).
If however the associate is an independent contractor and the practice is billing DME under your type 1 Individual NPI, then the associate would need to enroll as a DME supplier. The biling could then be done under their NPI and reassigned to you, or they could have you listed as the billing provider and their NPI 1 be used as the rendering provider.
There are many other scenarios.
Because Medicare DME enrollment is a specialty unto itself and far more complicated than enrollment in regular local Medicare, you would be best served to contact an enrollment specialist on this issue (e.g. Pare Compliance Services) in order to determine the correct scenario for your practice.