jeffw@lemmy.world to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1-2arrow-down1external-linkA big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.www.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYes, providers drive up costs. Because they have to over bill to make up for what insurance denies.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThey have to overbill so that when insurance says “We’re only paying you 15% of your ‘retail’ charge,” they can still get paid.
Yes, providers drive up costs. Because they have to over bill to make up for what insurance denies.
They have to overbill so that when insurance says “We’re only paying you 15% of your ‘retail’ charge,” they can still get paid.