Practice Management Alert

Reader Questions:

Determine Whether Shared Service Billing is ‘Technically True’ Versus ‘True in Practice’

Question: The doctor and the nurse practitioner (NP) both saw a patient during a follow-up visit. The notes in the patient record say that the doctor performed the physical exam, the NP interviewed the patient regarding history, and they both participated in medical decision making (MDM). The NP’s record of events matches that of the doctor, and the doctor signed it. [...]
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