Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

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Evaluate Your Practice’s Coding Trends With a Benchmarking Analysis

One recent case shows why utilization trends are important. If you’ve heard that insurance auditors look at coding trends and bell curves to find “outliers,” you may be wondering how these trends might impact eye care practices. One recent situation shows just how important these coding trends might be. On March 3, a New York-based ophthalmologist was sentenced to eight [...]
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