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Do Hospitals Make Billing Mistakes?
Category: Gaming The System
Reading the post of Philip L. Franckel, Esq., at My Medical Lawyers, makes you wonder whether any hospital bill can be trusted.
An excerpt:
Hospitals may invent confusing language to cheat patients. They use medical sounding names for everyday items and charge you an astronomical price. For example, an "oral administration fee" is really a charge for the nurse handing you pills. You do not have to pay for that because it is part of the room and board. Other items that have been reported as appearing on hospital bills are: "disposable mucous recovery systems" (a box of Kleenex tissues); "Thermal therapy" (a plastic bag filled with ice); "Gauze collection bag" (a trash bag); and finally, a patient who was given a teddy bear by the hospital and charged for a "cough support device." Not only is this fraud, but if it wasn't requested, the teddy bear was a gift.
Lower Your Medical Bills By Finding Medical & Hospital Bill Errors by Philip L. Franckel, Esq.
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