Question:
What is duplicate billing, and how does it occur?
Answer:
Duplicate billing may occur if two or more panels are ordered simultaneously and those panels contain some of the same component tests. Duplicate billing could also occur if extra, individually ordered tests are already included in a panel that is concurrently ordered.
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