Pulmonology Coding Alert

Annual Wellness Visits:

Document AWV Services Properly With These Quick Tips

Preventive screening schedule is essential, MAC rep says. Although your pulmonologists may not think of themselves as primary care physicians, many patients use them as such, leading pulmonology practices to occasionally perform such services as annual wellness visits (AWVs). If you want to keep the AWV reimbursement flowing into your practice, make sure you avoid some of the most common [...]
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