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Observation Care Strategies:

Boost Reimbursement Through Precise Timekeeping for Observation Care Services

Published on Tue Apr 30, 2013

Hint: Use the CMS time rules to avoid confusion while counting minutes. As a pulmonology coder, you might often see your pulmonologist providing observation care services – focus on learning the key to accurate time keeping for observation services else you might bump down your profit lines. The facts: For the Medicare program, and most other third-party payers, observation services [...]
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