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Compliance:

Make Distinguishing Between New vs. Established Patient a Breeze

Published on Fri May 17, 2013

Tip: Keep track of timelines. Evaluation and management of a patient differs depending on whether your physician is seeing a new or an established patient. And the 3-year rule only complicates matters by requiring you to determine whether a patient has been previously seen by another provider belonging to the same practice and specialty in the last three years. See [...]
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