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Price backs balance billing for Medicare patients
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 10, 2017 02:56pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Virgil Dickson |
| News Date | Thursday, March 9, 2017 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | HHS Secretary Tom Price is backing legislation that will allow physicians to bill seniors for charges that are more than the rates approved by Medicare. He claims the move would draw more physicians to enroll in the program.
Current law does not allow physicians to bill patients more than the Medicare payment rate for any service. But in response to a query from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) during his confirmation process, Price said he favored changing the law to let doctors recoup unreimbursed Medicare costs, a practice known as balance billing. |
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