Gastroenterology Coding Alert

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Could Modifier Audits Sink Your Practice's Claims Accuracy Rate?

Modifiers are among auditors’ hot spots, experts say. When it comes to performing self-audits, practices have wildly different visions of how these processes should work, how many charts to pull, and what exactly to review. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with practices maintaining different self-audit programs — but what’s important is that you’re aware of your risk level. That was [...]
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