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Medical Review:

Document Decline With These 5 Steps

Published on Fri Jan 15, 2016

How often are you taking measurements? You can bulletproof your hospice patients’ claims against denials based on prognosis by using specifics in your documentation. For patients who live longer than six months, medical reviewers often find it easy to deny claims based on ineligibility due to lack of terminal diagnosis (see story, this page). “Patients that have ceased to show [...]
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