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Highlight This Screening Claim Reality

Question: My office’s physician performs a depression screening on some patients once a year, and some of these claims get denied while others are fine. Is there some possible reason this is happening on the payers’ end? Iowa Subscriber Answer: Yes, it’s possible that some patients have other providers who are doing these screenings and submitting claims to the patient’s [...]
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