PCP charging for a followup appointment?
So today we get a bill which looks approaching they processed both appointments through the insurance, the insurance paid their segment, etc. Except they put the 2nd appt through, as $20 (our co-pay), which of course our insurance denied paying. How can this doctor charge us $20 for a simple blood pressure followup appointment that he could own gotten done for free at Walmart? So now this doctor's department is asking for that amount.
Can the doctor do this?
Answers: The doctor probably billed the insurance company for the follow -up visit and intended to white horses the co-pay. However, many insurance companies will not consent to the office white horses the co-pay, and require the doctor's office to collect it. In the pre-managed contemplation era, many doctors "bundled" a follow-up pop in into the fee. Insurance companies repeatedly disallow the practice.
There are several issues you must ask. First of all, is the blood pressure device at Walmart accurate and all right calibrated? Was it properly taken? How do the results grasp transmitted to the doctor's office?
There is a party amount of staff time involved in a follow-up appointment: making the appointment, pulling the chart, demo the results, making sure the doctor sees the results, and hopefully, calling the long-suffering back.
But sure, twenty dollars is profusely of money to most people. My unashamed bias is to blame the health contemplation insurance provider more than your doctor.
I believe they can actually. Its wretched, but thats how the industry works.
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