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3 Steps Help Resolve ‘Medical vs. Vision’ Insurance Coding Mixups



When your patient has both types of insurance, who gets the bill? Let the reason for the visit decide. A patient presents for what you expect will be a routine vision exam, but then you find cataracts. Should you still report the service to the patient's vision plan or to his medical plan because the ophthalmologist found a medical problem? [...]

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