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Book Excerpt: Appeal writing gets easier with practice

Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Appeal writing, like most things in a hospital, is a learned skill. Keeping things simple, both in terms of the arguments constructed and the language used in the letters themselves, will prevent you from creating horrific monstrosities out of minor gremlins.

 

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