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2019 Newsletter
Reader Questions: Read This Before Applying Modifier Q6 to NP Claims
Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert
Reader Questions:
Read This Before Applying Modifier Q6 to NP Claims
Published on Fri Mar 29, 2019
Question: Can we report a nurse practitioner’s (NP) services to Medicare with a locum tenens modifier? He is filling in for one of our NPs who [...]
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