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Knowing Your Payer is the Key to Unlocking Annual Physical + Pap Services

Published on Tue Nov 19, 2013

Tip: Not all payers follow the CPT® manual guidelines. When your physician — whether an ob-gyn or internist — performs a woman’s annual physical exam and orders a service such as a Pap smear, you should be paid for both services. But if you don’t know the payer you are billing to, you could be setting your practice up for [...]
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