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Understand How to Bill This Pacemaker Consultation

Published on Tue Sep 24, 2024

Question: I have three cardiology providers in the same group with three different taxonomies. If my cardiovascular disease physician refers a patient to my electrophysiologist for a pacemaker, can I bill it as a new patient? Or, because they are both cardiologists and billed under the same taxpayer identification number (TIN), does it have to be billed as an established patient? [...]
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