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Editor’s note: This article is the first in a two-part series. Practices most often lose revenue from coding mistakes, but that’s not the only way your practice may be dropping dollars. In part one of this series, healthcare consultant Jennifer Bever, MS, CHE, of Chicago-based KarenZupko & Associates, Inc., explains the five revenue leaks over which your practice has indirect control. Next month, we’ll discuss the five leaks that you directly control (e.g., charge capture).