As everyone with a medical practice sees, there’s a big thing coming in the world of medical coding. The revision of codes in ICD-9 has thrown the out-dated terminology and has brought the encroachment in the medical field with the…
The healthcare industry may have finally flipped the switch to ICD-10, but many of us know that the hard work has only just begun. For example, during the first week following implementation, H.I.M. ON CALL has spent considerable time gathering…
MONTGOMERY, NY (WABC) — The stress of the debt one family has been fighting has gone on for a year. “It was frustrating. It was horrific. And it was hurtful,” said Martin Maturine. The last time the leaves were changing…
A Jupiter woman is contesting a bill of more than $23,000 involving trauma-team charges her insurer has refused to cover. A Wellington man said his out-of-pocket costs in his health plan nearly doubled to $5,900 in one year. A Port…
A Boca Raton woman was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She went to a hospital in her health plan’s network. What she did not see coming: a surgeon not in the network billed $85,000. To her shock, she was told…