The appropriate way to handle a patient relocation and address change is to
A. forget contacting the patient after two unsuccessful tries.
B. write off the charges as a hardship case.
C. ask a third party for the patient's new address.
D. turn the account over to a collection agency.
C. ask a third party for the patient's new address.
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