I asked one of our leaders this question and I agree with Dr. Ed Pryzchchek: in order to be considered a new patient, they cannot have been seen by “…the exact same specialty and subspecialty, who belongs to the same group practice, within the last 3 years.” He made a very good point that “however, as I thought about this, I could think of 1 possible exception. That would be if the ortho group already has 1 podiatrist who actually saw this patient within the last 3 years, and now they are adding a 2nd podiatrist who is now seeing this patient. If an ortho group has now a 2nd podiatrist in the group, the one asking the question, it would not be new in this scenario.”
I asked one of our leaders this question and I agree with Dr. Ed Pryzchchek: in order to be considered a new patient, they cannot have been seen by “…the exact same specialty and subspecialty, who belongs to the same group practice, within the last 3 years.” He made a very good point that “however, as I thought about this, I could think of 1 possible exception. That would be if the ortho group already has 1 podiatrist who actually saw this patient within the last 3 years, and now they are adding a 2nd podiatrist who is now seeing this patient. If an ortho group has now a 2nd podiatrist in the group, the one asking the question, it would not be new in this scenario.”