If a patient was overcharged for services, the appropriate procedure is to ____. 

A. tell the patient to pay the current bill and a refund will be mailed
B. give the patient a credit toward future services
C. ask the patient to wait for a corrected statement before sending payment
D. apologize, but tell the patient nothing can be done
E. refund the difference out of the office's petty cash fund


C. ask the patient to wait for a corrected statement before sending payment
Apologize and tell the patient the office will send a corrected statement. Ask the patient to wait for the new statement before sending payment.

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