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Part B Documentation:

Heed This MAC Tip on Documentation by Ancillary Staff

Published on Fri Oct 31, 2014

Warning: Consider nurse’s documentation as only preliminary information. If your physician simply initials what the nurse recorded, your reimbursement could be at stake. Part B MAC Palmetto GBA issued a new E/M tip recently, reminding doctors what ancillary staff members can document in your Medicare records and what must be recorded by the physician providing the service. “Ancillary staff may [...]
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