Our Consuming Interests bloggers today are talking about a billing practice that is irking some patients.
Basically, the patients are getting charged fees for visiting their doctor in a clinic setting, verses a private doctor's office. The fees are from the hospitals that run the clinics. Some are also seeing bills for urgent care when they thought they were going in for a routine visit.
It seem as though the patients could just be paying their regular co-pay if they saw their doctor in another office. The bloggers suggest asking when you make your appointment how billing works. They also suggest calling your insurers and challenging the fees.
You can read more about it on Consuming Interests or in the Wall Street Journal via ConsumerWorld.
Anyone have this happen to them?
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