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Billing for Treatment of Relatives

Published on Sun Dec 01, 2002

Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: Recently, our practice began treating an aunt of one of the group physicians. Can we bill Medicare for these services, or are they excluded because the patient is a member of the physician's family? Michigan Subscriber





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