JohnBjorge

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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   This is something I know a little bit about, I gave a more detailed explanation in the parent comment. I'm not a fan of this bait n switch practice either. As you pointed out one reason it's done is to increase access and/or
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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   This is something I know a little bit about. I'm not a fan of this bait n switch practice either. As others have said one reason it's done is to increase access and/or reduce costs. > They will charge your insurance for a
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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   I appreciate the response, it sounds like we have some overlapping industry experiences where we've seen different things, which is interesting. >>>>>>>>>> This is a common excuse given by industry. Its al
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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   There's a child comment that is in disagreement with the margins you mentioned. I've seen the financials of a lot of practices and hundreds of contracts between payors and providers. The child comment by kstrauser is much more in
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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   I've worked in the healthcare tech world (for both providers and payors) so I can comment a little here. There's a difference between "billing to put as many relevant codes as possible" and "billing procedure that w
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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   This sounds about right. I've worked in the healthcare tech world for about 5 years on both sides (for providers and payors). I totally empathize with how annoying it is that essentially no one processes estimates for patients with ins
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   by JohnBjorge 4y ago

   I just wanted to clarify what OP meant by $Maximum. I'm not sure if that was intentional use of maximum or not, but it's pretty accurate and I'll explain why. A couple of terms I need to define up front: Provider = Anyone or