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3 Tips Help You Deal With Parents Frustrated by Copay at 'Free' Well Visit

Published on Mon Apr 28, 2014

When a problem is found during a well visit, you may need to charge patients who expect to pay nothing. As you are well aware by now, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  (PPACA) that became law in 2010 requires you to provide preventive care visits consistent with Bright Futures Guidelines for children at no cost to the patient [...]
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