Teaching Facilities’ Billing for Resident Services

Teaching Facilities’ Billing for Resident Services A. Medicaid does not apply Medicare policy related to billing for services performed by residents in a teaching facility. Medicaid does not cover services provided under the direction of the teaching physician. B. Medicaid covers teaching physicians, who are supervising residents, but requires the teaching physician to physically be present in the room with the beneficiary and requires documentation in the teaching physician medical record that they were physically present in the room with the beneficiary when services were rendered by the resident.