Apr 25, 2017
11:53:10am
11:53:10am
...and you'd be wrong. If the bill came from the ER physician it has nothing to
do with the facility. Typically, the provider is an independent contractor or part of a group that isn't affiliated with the hospital.
Often, the hospital extends privileges to a physician to practice, but outside of that they have no control over the physician's billing.
The patient's insurance, the physician, and the patient are left to sort things out. If the physician is out of network the insurance also has no leverage with the physician, which leaves the physician and the patient to sort out the unpaid portion of the bill.
Just read about balance billing and it will make more sense.
Often, the hospital extends privileges to a physician to practice, but outside of that they have no control over the physician's billing.
The patient's insurance, the physician, and the patient are left to sort things out. If the physician is out of network the insurance also has no leverage with the physician, which leaves the physician and the patient to sort out the unpaid portion of the bill.
Just read about balance billing and it will make more sense.
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Same thing happened to me a few years ago. There is a shortage of pediatricians in my town so the hospital flies in
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