Insurance coverage and medical billing are topics that we - understandably - get many questions on. Even as medical professionals, we can get confused by insurance language (luckily, we have a whole team of experts to help us and YOU navigate billing and insurance). Because the topic is complicated, we try to help our communities understand the laws around insurance and emergency medical billing. We hope this has been helpful! What other insurance or billing topics would …
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Insurance: What’s the Difference Between ‘Accepted’ and ‘In-Network’ Insurance?
We know that health insurance is a complicated topic and we work hard to try to be informative about health insurance in general and transparent about our specific billing policies. We’ve covered information you should know before purchasing health insurance, but we’re excited to now be in-network with several insurance companies! Since we know that particular confusion can come from terminology about where patients can be seen - ‘in-network,’ ‘out-of-network, ‘insurance accepted,’ and …
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Keeping Kids Safe During National Childhood Injury Prevention Week
The first week of September marks National Childhood Injury Prevention week. Injury is the leading cause of death in children, but the good news is that the majority of childhood injuries are preventable. Here are some of the biggest injury categories, and tips to keep your kids safe: When teaching children to cook, give them age-appropriate tasks, and always assist younger children with the stove, oven, toaster oven, and microwave. Finally, make sure that the water heater in your …
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Why Curbside Testing?
There is a lot of confusion and sometimes deception in medical billing. There are many reasons for both of these outcomes that we won’t get into here; however, as we roll out curbside COVID testing at our locations, we have heard of other facilities that are using some questionable billing practices for Coronavirus testing. We want to address billing fears by explaining why we decided to move forward with a curbside model and providing some tips on what to look out for in the ‘fine …
Options to Address Your Healthcare Needs During COVID-19
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect society, people are wondering - what about my healthcare needs? Some people have prescriptions that require refills and need to visit physicians, some have mental healthcare needs that should not be put on hold long-term, and some are even experiencing emergencies that need immediate attention. So, what are your healthcare options during the COVD-19 pandemic? We want to reiterate one more time - if you need medical attention, …
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