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Family Medicine Billing for Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Joy Shen-Wagner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2021, 34 (4) 856-858; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.210187
Joy Shen-Wagner
From Department of Family Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine- Greenville, Prisma Health--Upstate, Greenville Family Medicine Residency Program.
MD, FAAFP
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