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Confirm Your Facility's Interpretation of 'Proxy' for Smoking Abstinence Questions

Published on Fri Feb 10, 2017

Question: One part of PQRS measure #404 (Anesthesiology smoking abstinence) states, “Seen pre-operatively by anesthesiologist or proxy prior to the day of surgery.” What does “proxy” [...]
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