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Article Overview

This premium article covers a Medicare billing update related to physician scarcity area bonus payments and how carriers process claims when services have professional and technical components. It is relevant to physician practices, billing staff, and coders who handle Part B Medicare claims and want to understand the operational impact of the update, the timing of the change, and the general billing options described. The article also points readers to where to verify whether a practice is located in a scarcity area.