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Part B Mythbuster:

Don't Fall Victim to this Critical Care Myth

Published on Mon May 05, 2014

Location cuts both ways. A recent clarification on critical care services from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should come as a major relief to your physicians as well a boost to reimbursement. Scenario: Your physician performs CPR for a non-responsive patient in the observation care unit of the hospital, where he attends to the patient for 30 [...]
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