Medicare Part “B” is different from bothPart “A” and from commercial insurance. Unlike Part “A” Medicare individuals pay a monthly…
When I talk to people about my experiences with healthcare fraud and warn them to remain vigilant, inevitably I direct…
The US citizen, healthy or sick, needs to adjust his view of his position in the healthcare industry. If the…
So what if your provider files false claims on you? Your insurance company will make it right…..right? In healthcare, the…
The majority of healthcare fraud is committed by a small minority of dishonest healthcare providers with the only “red flag”…
Educated healthcare consumers acquire the knowledge necessary to be effective advocates for themselves. Below are a few quick tips and…
Since “healthcare speak” is often as foreign sounding as a second language, you practically need a phrase book when trying…
Keep it simple. Ask for reform that: Requires patient consent forms be written at a 6th to 8th grade reading…
When a consent is slid across the receptionist’s desk with the words “sign this; it let’s us take care of…
Everyone has made an outline for a project; the completed product may have been a porch or a term paper…
An insurance company touts its ability to negotiate discounts from the posted price of a medical product. The charge master…
Healthcare use and expenses are not controlled by the usual pesky supply and demand curves. If supply rises, price goes…
Recently when I registered at a hospital for an outpatient study, the clerk pushed a single page through her window…
When the surgeon dictated at 4:21 p.m. his document titled “history and physical,” he decided he wanted an imaging study.…
During high school, college and medical school I took many exams. The tests were of two general formats, quantitative or…