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Medical necessity not just a 'hospital thing'

Even though the majority of diagnostic tests and treatments ordered by physicians are performed and billed by someone else, physicians' perception of medical necessity "being a hospital thing only"

Billing blunders that suck revenue down the drain

Relying on outdated coding guidance, using vague documentation that's useless to coders and unintentionally downcoding are among the nine ways in which medical practices and physicians undermine