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Will You Choose Time or MDM for Your 2021 E/Ms? Here’s How to Decide.

Published on Tue Nov 24, 2020

Making the wrong choice could cost your practice dearly. By now, it should be common knowledge: beginning on January 1 next year, when you report an office/ outpatient E/M service you’ll use either time or medical decision making (MDM) as the determining factor for the service level. But even though the change should make your life easier, making the wrong [...]
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