COVID patient recruited to participate in 'free' research study, gets hit with $6.9K bills
A patient recruited for a free Stanford COVID treatment study was billed $6,900 and then faced insurance and provider disputes to get the charges resolved.
The Balance Sheet and the Bedside: A Conversation with James Richman on. Architecting a More Humane Healthcare System
Healing patient experience requires repairing healthcare's broken financial and operational systems that produce confusing billing, medical debt, and impersonal, adversarial administrative practices.
I Found a Nasty Surprise When I Checked My Credit Report. I Thought I'd Defeated It, But It Keeps Coming Back.
Do not pay medical bills for services not received; report recurring fraudulent medical billing to the state department of health and dispute the collections.
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How to Tackle a Surprise Medical Bill Like an Artist
Embrace complexity with curiosity, build empathetic rapport assuming the other side wants to listen, and negotiate medical bills using evidence-based strategies.
Offered a cash price for a prenatal genetic test? It may be your best bet
Some medical labs charge insurers high prices for prenatal genetic tests while offering lower cash-pay rates, leaving patients with large deductible bills.
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