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Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

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Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > April, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 4

Coding & Billing

Mastering the Appeals Process

Deborah Mack, MSN, CASC, CNOR

Deborah Mack, MSN, CASC, CNOR You negotiate great contracts. You submit claims that are clean and complete. And yet none of that much matters if your reimbursements are less than what they ought to be. You have two choices when you don't receive full and correct payment from third-party payers: accept or appeal. Here's how to file an appeal and get what's owed you.

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