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Score Big With These 10 Tips to Avoid Appeals

Use modifiers to your advantage, and more, says Novitas. If you spend a lot of your valuable time processing appeals for denied claims, it’s time to nail down your problems on the first claim submission itself. “There are many reasons for claim denials. In general, the biggest issue is that some piece of data or information is missing,” says Duane [...]
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