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Modifier SA Is Suddenly Critical With This Payer

Published on Thu Sep 14, 2017

When an APP performs an E/M, modifier SA will be essential when billing UHC. No matter how many times coders memorize the rules for reporting the work of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), it always seems like they change again, requiring new regulations to remember. Such is the case with a recent United Healthcare directive requiring modifier SA on physician-submitted claims [...]
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