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I'm trying to figure this out.
Insurance companies scam doctors out of reimbursement when they have to pay for some procedure, visit, and other crap.
I have a $5000 annual deductible which I will never reach.
The doc checks off a bunch of codes and then bills my insurance company.
Although my insurance company doesn't pay **** until I reach 5000, will they allow a $4000 office visit bill to go through without blinking an eye? or would that raise a red flag?
It seems it would be easy to get away with overcharging a patient with a high deductible insurance plan, since insurance companies really have no incentive to deny claims when they're not paying for any of it.
how does the patient deal with this?
Insurance companies scam doctors out of reimbursement when they have to pay for some procedure, visit, and other crap.
I have a $5000 annual deductible which I will never reach.
The doc checks off a bunch of codes and then bills my insurance company.
Although my insurance company doesn't pay **** until I reach 5000, will they allow a $4000 office visit bill to go through without blinking an eye? or would that raise a red flag?
It seems it would be easy to get away with overcharging a patient with a high deductible insurance plan, since insurance companies really have no incentive to deny claims when they're not paying for any of it.
how does the patient deal with this?