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Prepare for Denial When 2 Physicians Claim Consult on Same Day

Published on Mon Mar 23, 2015

Question: We are a large group with all the physicians billing under the same tax ID. One of our physicians does procedures that none of the other doctors in our group are able to do. The scenario is: Another physician sees a patient in the hospital and decides that he needs one of these procedures that only one surgeon does [...]
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