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Help Referral Sources Secure Transitional Care Pay

Published on Fri Oct 11, 2013

Tip: It’s not just for established patients. Your referring physicians may think new transitional care management codes only apply to established patients, which will cut off a legit reimbursement source for TCM that helps keep patients out of the hospital. It’s no surprise that doctors are confused about this, coding experts say. CPT® 2013— which debuted the TCM codes—was unclear. [...]
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