[doormatt]

>Wagner's office estimates he lost over $3,000 to downcoding in the first half of the year, but other doctors across the country have fared far worse.

That's...not a lot of money.

[stackskipton]

Doctors are probably raising alarms over growing practice. It’s 3000 this year, but becomes 10000 next year and 50000 the year after.

[MattGrommes]

Yep. Frog, boiling water, etc.

If they get away with it for a few offices and a little money, it just becomes how they do business and grows.