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Differentiate Nursing Facility Types to Determine POS

Published on Fri Oct 18, 2019

Question: We have one ophthalmologist who visits patients in nursing homes and evaluates them for eye pressure, cataracts, and any other conditions that they might have. What criteria should I use to differentiate between the nursing facility place of service (POS) codes? Alabama Subscriber Answer: Confusion about the three nursing home POS codes often arises because a facility can have [...]
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