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Non-Physician Practitioners:

Don't Forget Modifier SA on NPP Claims for This Major Payer

Published on Fri Sep 15, 2017

Non-physician practitioner performing an E/M? Modifier SA is critical now. Reporting E/M services is fairly straightforward - you review the documentation, select the appropriate code, and report that to payers, right? Not so fast. You'll now need to append modifier SA to the E/M code if a non-physician practitioner performed the service and your patient is insured with United Healthcare. [...]
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