Practice Management Alert

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Pocket This Advice for Off-Hours Encounters

Question: I work at a family practice, and the doctor has come across CPT® codes 99050 and 99051 and thinks we should be able to bill 99051 for our Saturday visits because it falls on a weekend during our regular office schedule. Our normal office hours are: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 5 [...]
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