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David Fifer

Sep 21, 2026

9:53
get orthopedists performing unnecessary shoulder replacement.
9:56
Exactly.
9:57
Right.
9:57
So, but putting all that aside, right.
9:59
It's like, well, that's interesting.
10:02
And they are able to do that because they have these individually assigned NPI numbers, national provider identification numbers.
10:09
And that's, you know, how they're able to they've received permission, in other words, from the federal government to bill for procedures to bill for things like patient encounter greater than 20 minutes, patient education.

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35:02
I think we

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