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Mashup Score: 7Sign Here? Financial Agreements May Leave Doctors in the Driver’s Seat - KFF Health News - 2 day(s) ago
Agreeing to an out-of-network doctor’s own financial policy — which generally protects their ability to get paid and may be littered with confusing insurance and legal jargon — can create a binding contract that leaves a patient owing.
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Mashup Score: 4A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary? - KFF Health News - 21 day(s) ago
There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn’t medically necessary.
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Mashup Score: 4A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary? - KFF Health News - 1 month(s) ago
There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn’t medically necessary.
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Mashup Score: 4A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary? - KFF Health News - 1 month(s) ago
There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn’t medically necessary.
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Mashup Score: 6Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight - KFF Health News - 2 month(s) ago
Sky-high bills from air-ambulance providers have sparked complaints and federal action in recent years. But a rural Tennessee resident fell through the cracks of billing protections — and a single helicopter ride could cost much of her estate’s value.
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Mashup Score: 6Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight - KFF Health News - 2 month(s) ago
Sky-high bills from air-ambulance providers have sparked complaints and federal action in recent years. But a rural Tennessee resident fell through the cracks of billing protections — and a single helicopter ride could cost much of her estate’s value.
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Mashup Score: 6Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight - KFF Health News - 2 month(s) ago
Sky-high bills from air-ambulance providers have sparked complaints and federal action in recent years. But a rural Tennessee resident fell through the cracks of billing protections — and a single helicopter ride could cost much of her estate’s value.
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Mashup Score: 30The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags. - KFF Health News - 3 month(s) ago
Health providers may bill however they choose — including in ways that could leave patients with unexpected bills for “free” care. Routine preventive care saddled an Illinois couple with his-and-her bills for “surgical trays.”
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Mashup Score: 30The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags. - KFF Health News - 3 month(s) ago
Health providers may bill however they choose — including in ways that could leave patients with unexpected bills for “free” care. Routine preventive care saddled an Illinois couple with his-and-her bills for “surgical trays.”
Source: kffhealthnews.orgCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 30The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags. - KFF Health News - 3 month(s) ago
Health providers may bill however they choose — including in ways that could leave patients with unexpected bills for “free” care. Routine preventive care saddled an Illinois couple with his-and-her bills for “surgical trays.”
Source: kffhealthnews.orgCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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