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What Is Medical Billing Compliance?

Compliancy Group

One of the most common ways for providers and healthcare organizations to run afoul is to incorrectly or illegally bill and code for services or supplies. No matter the intent, noncompliance in medical billing can have severe consequences. It pays to know the law and avoid temptations to cut corners.

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Lawsuit Alleges Obamacare Plan-Switching Scheme Targeted Low-Income Consumers

Kaiser Health News

District Court for the Southern District of Florida, two such call centers paid tens of thousands of dollars a day to buy names of people who responded to misleading advertisements touting free government “subsidies” and other rewards. Some consumers were switched multiple times or had duplicative policies.

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Doctors’ Offices Morph into Bill Collectors As Patients Face Growing Out-Of-Pocket Costs

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: While having health insurance is better than being uninsured, people in the U.S. who receive coverage through the workplace are still quite concerned that they are but one diagnosis away from bankruptcy — specifically, medical bankruptcy.

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Key Factors in Choosing Oncology Billing Company

Medisys Compliance

It is crucial to verify that the billing company is adhering to industry standards, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations, which protect patients’ medical information.

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‘Free’ Screening? Know Your Rights to Get No-Cost Care

Kaiser Health News

. “There are still some gaps that need to be filled,” said Katie Keith, a researcher at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. Your insurance matters. To get on those lists, vaccines, screening tests, drugs, and services must have been recommended by one of four groups of medical experts.

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Health Provider News – August 19, 2022

Hall Render

Connecticut ditches $20M health information exchange software. Two Health Insurers Grilled for Proposing Rate Increases of 20 and 25 Percent. HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Okaloosa school district to build health academy. Two Georgia health systems to receive $300M in federal funds. From CIO to CEO?

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

The authors note that “consumer-driven” health care is, “associated with neoliberal efforts to emphasize market factors in health reform,” de-emphasizing government regulation and financing. This concept can be potentially harmful, they believe, assuming that health care is a traditional market.

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