Otolaryngology Coding Alert
Clarification:
Pollock Gives Audiology Talk
Published on Fri Jan 02, 2004
The information in December 2003's Otolaryngology Coding Alert article "3 Tips Improve Your Audiology Reimbursement" attributed to Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, an otolaryngology coding speaker and consultant with KarenZupko & Associates in California, came from a Sept. 18, 2003, speech that she presented at the Association of Otolaryngology Administrators' 21st Annual Educational Conference in Orlando, Fla.
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