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Prescription Drug Management Must Involve Prescriptions

Published on Tue Aug 06, 2019

Question: The office where I work hands out free samples of prescription cream for skin conditions to some patients, usually with instructions to “use until gone.” One of my colleagues thinks that we should include this on visits as a level-four service under evaluation and management (E/M) for prescription drug management. I think that’s crazy, because even though the cream can [...]
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