Originally Posted By: BirminghamBuck
Originally Posted By: 87dixieboy
Originally Posted By: BirminghamBuck
Originally Posted By: 87dixieboy
Originally Posted By: doekiller
It is almost like they have to overcharge to get paid anything at all by the insurance company.


We have a winner


Actually that's not one bit accurate.


They actually do charge a lot more than they have too to make up for the loss of free care.


Charged amount has no bearing on reimbursement amount. That is all I was saying. If you charge $100 or $1 million for a service, the insurance company will still pay the contracted amount.


Charge amount do in fact matter in some cases. There are still workmans comp contracts that pay a percent of charges. And charge amount also is a component of determining outlier payments.


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