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General Surgery Coding Alert

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Use These 5 Tactics to Halt Denials

Published on Mon Aug 21, 2023

Prevent future errors by noticing current patterns. If you hate filing appeals for claims denials, you can turn lemons into lemonade by using the experience to learn from prior mistakes and enhance your surgery practice’s profitability. Background: Denials have been steadily on the rise since 2016, according to Holly Ridge, BSN, RN, CPC, CPMA, manager of medical necessity and authorization [...]
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