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Know the Lingo to Determine Who Qualifies as an NPP

Published on Wed Mar 04, 2015

Once you can clearly define non-physician practitioner (NPP), also referred to as or non-physician provider, in your practice or facility, you are well on the road to solving the incident-to billing riddle. “Learning the ‘lingo’ in this area is a real challenge,” says Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., president of Abbey & Abbey, Consultants, Inc. in Ames, Iowa, during his recent [...]
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