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Summer Is Approaching: Understand How to Report Locum Tenens Services

Published on Tue May 24, 2022

Don’t let the NPI nuances slip your mind when billing for substitute physicians. With warmer weather on the horizon, your eye care practice may already be planning ahead for summer absences, including physician breaks for vacations, sabbaticals, or health reasons. If so, you may be hiring another physician to temporarily help out while your practice’s physicians are out on leave. [...]
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