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Refer to These Rotator Cuff Upgrade Strategies to Guarantee Your Claim's Success

Published on Tue Aug 05, 2014

Is your payer’s advice lacking? Here’s how to create internal guidelines for chronic/acute conditions. Upgrading a rotator cuff strain to a torn rotator cuff can land your claim in troubled waters, especially as local carrier direction can be nonexistent. If your insurance adjuster lacks specific chronic/acute advice, create your own internal guidelines -- our experts show you how. Scenario: Suppose [...]
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