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Medicare auditors cannot evaluate qualitative claims. “Patient improved,” “better today,” “tolerated treatment well” are clinical impressions, not outcomes. The visit needs a measurable trajectory.
The principle Every skilled intervention should produce a documented numeric outcome — a vital-sign change, a distance, a percentage, a count, or a grade. |
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