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Anticipate These Answers to Report Preventive Medicine Visits Accurately

Published on Tue Apr 17, 2018

This FAQ on how to report 99381-99397 is exactly what the doctor ordered. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offered up a sobering statistic - that even though "preventive visits and vaccinations are just a few examples of ways people can stay healthy ... Americans use preventive services at about half the recommended rate." (Source: https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/toolstemplates/entertainmented/tips/PreventiveHealth.html) [...]
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