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Archive > July, 2004 Vol. V, No. 7

Coding & Billing

Equipment Economics

Judie English

Judie English Here's an interesting exercise to try when you're thinking of adding a piece of capital equipment: See if you can tie reimbursement opportunities to the purchase. It's perhaps the surest way to weigh the cost of investing in new technologies. Let me walk you through seven questions that might get you thinking along these lines.

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