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That makes sense. ICD9/10 is certainly byzantine, and widely abused, but it seems reasonable to not quote something that isn't coded yet. I did some research fo
by reilly3000 8y ago
That makes sense. ICD9/10 is certainly byzantine, and widely abused, but it seems reasonable to not quote something that isn't coded yet. I did some research for a company once on Medicare reimbursements. That data is all publicly available via data.gov, sorted by code and much more. The private insurance market could follow suit, and providers could also publish that information if agreements didn't forbid it.
The data simply needs to be price per code per insurance policy. I understand providers may not want people bickering over what codes are used, but they ought to be able to produce that report easily.
- pauljurczak 8y agoThat's where it gets even more bizarre. Some states legally protect health insurance companies for not disclosing their price list. Highly paid lobbyists pushed that one through legislation on trade secret/proprietary data doctrine. You can't inconvenience the holy "free" enterprise in America.