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Confusing Medical Bills: 101

Discussion

5.11.2021

When founding Billdog, we kept coming back to the health-wealth question: could managing one’s lifetime-medical-cost be the best financial decision that one could make?

Q1 Member activity increased 400%

Discussion

4.10.2021

Q1 2021 was an exciting quarter that saw no shortage of confusing medical bills! In fact, our member activity grew by 400%

2020 in Review

Discussion

12.31.2020

It’s finally 2021... we have written a lot about COVID, coding updates, and changes to telehealth. As the third quarter took hold...

Tele Health Waivers and C-19 Testing

Update

9.16.2020

This update revisits two issues: COVID-19 waivers to telehealth and changes to the COVID-19 testing and diagnosis requirements. Each could have a significant impact on your clients and their employees.

Restaurant not included!

Discussion

8.19.2020

Variable “Facilities Fees” contribute to the challenge of price transparency... simply completing the paperwork necessary to obtain the itemized bill can take several weeks.

New State Surprise Medical Bill Legislation

Update

7.29.2020

Many are unaware that 30 states have enacted surprise medical bills laws, but less than half provide comprehensive legislation.

COVID: Important test-related codes

Update

7.2.2020

This update is intended for individuals that test for COVID-19 and employers that require precautionary employee testing.

What's Up with the Cook?

Discussion

6.25.2020

Is there any way to align the interests of insurance companies, hospitals, and doctors to reduce these out-of-network bills for the consumer?

Status of Waivers: Temporary or Permanent

Update

6.9.2020

While the CMS is busy responding to the executive order and performing its review, payers have released termination dates for their COVID 19 telehealth waivers.

COVID: Recent coding and billing changes

Update

5.12.2020

In the last few weeks the CMS has made significant billing and coding changes to make it even easier to use telemedicine, engage in e-visits, and obtain COVID testing and treatment.

COVID: Mental Health for employees

Update

4.21.2020

This update includes general guidance, a summary of changes to teletherapy, and resources from insurance companies and other organizations.

COVID: Telemedicine claims and billing scenarios

Update

4.2.2020

As lockdowns expand and the use of telemedicine surges for both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 cases, the AMA is creating new codes and processes to address the unique situations. This post describes many scenarios that will affect claims denials and billing issues.

COVID: Important update for health brokers

Update

3.26.2020

Bill Dog has been preparing to respond to the surge of billing and claims issues that are coming to employees. This blog post explains some of the issues that health brokers should expect as testing ramps, out of network procedures increase, and surprise medical bills begin to affect employees.