DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 1 (January)

Protect your practice when you waive fees for the poor, uninsured

Take extra caution when an insured patient asks for a financial hardship waiver for any or all of the patient responsibility portion of the bill. It’s not necessarily unlawful, but may break payer rules or, if not done correctly, lead to audits by the payer and denial of your claim. Financial hardship waiver requests used to primarily impact uninsured, self pay patients.

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