{"id":1286,"date":"2019-12-11T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T11:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecareindia.com\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T13:00:41","slug":"things-about-surprise-medical-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecareindia.com\/blog\/things-about-surprise-medical-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"Things About Surprise Medical Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Surprise medical billing<\/strong> is one of the hot topics that has been trending in the healthcare industry recently. Despite doing tons of research, picking the right plan, and paying the premium on time, patients sometimes receive surprise bills for the care they get from their in-network facility. They get such huge bills because an out-of-network Provider might have rendered the healthcare services. Some recent real-time cases have hit the headlines and the issue blew up, reaching the forefront of the US healthcare discussion. Let\u2019s discuss more this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Surprise Medical Billing in Detail: <\/strong>Most patients think they have invested in the best healthcare insurance and their coverage will save them during unlikely healthcare emergencies. However, the reality is one in every five patients get emergency care from an out-of-network provider, resulting in huge medical bills. The same has been proved by the latest analysis made by the Kaiser Family Foundation. As per the research findings, at least 1 out-of-network bill is received by a patient for every 18% of emergency visits and 16% of in-network hospital stays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real-time Cases: <\/strong>Numerous\ncases of surprise medical billing or balance billing have been recorded in\nrecent times and it is the reason why the issue hit the headlines. Some of them\nare,<\/p>\n\n\n\n