Mr. Gentz shared the following tip with Becker’s Hospital Review.
“Two key actions need to be taken by your practice: prepare your front desk staff to collect this information from your patients and verify that your practice management system is able to accept the new information and use it to bill your claims.”
More details about the new Medicare cards are available here.
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