DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 6 (June)

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My doctor insists that we bill all of the services that used to be inpatient consults as initial hospital care codes. But I don't think some of the visits meet the requirements for those services and I'm concerned that will come up in an audit. He says that CMS knows that because consults are no longer covered there will be more initial inpatient billing. Is this allowed?

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