LuvTheRain
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Our family practice office is changing the procedure for Immediate Care patients and making it separate from the family practice. With this, we are being told that Immed Care patients are always coded as "Established" patients, even if they haven't been seen by us before. If the patient later chooses to establish with our "family" clinic, they would be considered "new" to that provider for the first visit.
If a patient is "new" to a clinic no matter if family side or Immediate Care side, shouldn't they be coded "new" and subsequent visits be "est"??
Thank you!!
If a patient is "new" to a clinic no matter if family side or Immediate Care side, shouldn't they be coded "new" and subsequent visits be "est"??
Thank you!!