Churning may be seen in fee-for-service and managed care environments where an emphasis

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is placed on seeing a? A) Excluding medical services that are not included in the contract benefits
B) Transferring the sickest, high-cost patients to other physicians so that the provider appears to be a low utilizer
C) A physician sees a patient more than medically necessary and is done to increase revenue through an increased number of services
D) Making the practices of seeing more patients than is medically necessary and/or transferring the sickest, high-cost patients to other physicians look justifiable to the plan
 
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