Explain the difference between an established patient and a new patient.
What will be an ideal response?
An established patient is an individual who has received professional services from the physician or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice within the past three years. New patients are those individuals who have not received services from the physician (or an associate physician of the same group with same specialty) within the past three years.
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