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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

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Get the Scoop on Free Sample Rules

Published on Wed Aug 08, 2018

Question: Our eye care physicians frequently hand out free samples to patients – usually in the form of eyedrops or lens cleaners. We had an outside billing firm tell us that this is a non-compliant practice. Is this accurate? Could we get into trouble for this? Codify Subscriber Answer: No. According to the Health and Human Services Department Office for [...]
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