By Elizabeth Davis, RN, for verywellhealth, updated on December 10, 2019. Balance billing happens after you’ve paid your deductible, coinsurance or copayment and your insurance company has also paid everything it’s obligated to pay toward your medical bill. If...
Stephanie Peirolo had an excellent health plan, so when her 16-year-old son sustained a traumatic brain injury, she thought his claims would be covered. She was dead wrong. “There is a particular cruelty to having… Read More
From Webmd. Step 1: Review Your Policy and Paperwork Step 2: Know Who to Call for Answers Step 3: Learn About the Appeal Process Step 4: File Your Complaint Step 5: Keep a Problem From...
Our 7-year-old daughter awoke screaming and could not be comforted or touched. We took her to the emergency room. Now our insurance company is denying the visit, saying that it wasn’t medically necessary for her...
What to Do About Unpaid Medical Bills. Medical bills were the cause of 62 percent of bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study by the American Journal of Medicine. Even more alarming, 80 percent of those who...
The high price of healthcare affects all of us. In fact, one recent study found that medical bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Insured Americans struggle with high deductibles, relentless monthly premiums and unforeseen...
Do Medical Bills Really Devastate America’s Families? Medical bills were the biggest cause of U.S. bankruptcies, according to a CNBC report. It estimated that 2 million people were adversely affected. A popular Facebook meme said the 643,000 Americans go bankrupt each...
A 2011 GAO report that sampled data from a handful of states suggests that, even before Obamacare, patients got the claim denial overturned 39 to 59 percent of the time when they appealed directly to...
By Peter Hunt, for APRA. Taking the appeals path. If you wish to appeal a denied claim under original medicare follow these simple guidelines – Return your medicare summary notice which shows any denied claims...
Do you believe that your medical bill is wrong, that you have been charged or overcharged for things you shouldn’t have been? FREE help is available to any Floridian who is the victim of fraudulent medical billing, including medical charges...