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Archive > December, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 12

Coding & Billing

Medicare Billing for Anesthesia Done Right

Jay Horowitz, President

Medicare billing fraud is a phrase you'll never want to hear, much less see, in a formal document delivered to your practice or facility. Yet in no area are the billing rules and laws more arcane and more fraught with peril than those that dictate the proper billing of anesthesia services.

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