INDEX
- SECTION 1: HOW TO'S
- How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place
- HOW TO: Find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
- Detailed Information For: A GUIDE ON HOW TO MANAGE YOUR PATIENT BALANCE OR MEDICAL BAD DEBT
- How to understand Healthcare Terms You Need to Know
- How to Read Your Explanation of Benefits
- How to Read and Understand Billing Statements
- How to document a call to a Medical Provider: Documentation and Provider Call List
- How to Negotiate a Medical Bill
- How to Navigate Medical Bills at a Collection Agency
- How to Know Your Healthcare Insurance Benefits and In Network Service Providers
- How to Navigate The No Surprise Act: Notices you may get & whether you should sign them
- How to find out about Healthcare Discounts Available to the Consumer
- How to Plan for and What to Expect During your Hospital Stay
- HOW TO NAVIGATE/APPLY FOR CHARITY CARE PROGRAMS FOR ASSISTANCE WIITH MEDICAL BILLS
- How to When to Use an Emergency Room or Urgent Care? SYMPTOMS THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION
- SECTION 3: Consumer Checklists for Managing Elder Patients and Yourself
- Preparing to Hang Up the Car Keys as We Age
- 17 Legal Documents Needed to Care for Elderly and Non Elderly Consumers
- A Guide to Create, Manage and Use Your Personal Health Record
- Should Your Elderly Parents or You Be Living Alone? 12 Warning Signs
- Section 4: Understanding the Medical Billing Process
- Basic Terms You Need to Know When Navigating the Healthcare Billing Process
- Navigating the Healthcare System My Healthcare Story and What I Learned
- How Medical Billing Works
- Safety Net Hospitals; A Resource for the Healthcare Consumers
- Understanding the Pre-Certification Process for Elective Services
- Appealling a Medical Bill that was Denied by Your Insurance
- Observation Care and Services; A Consumer’s Guide of What You Need to Know
- State By State Medical Records Copying Fees
- Section 5: Medical Debt
- An Air Force Career Held up Because of Debt Owed for Medical Bills
- A GUIDE TO MANAGE YOUR PATIENT BALANCE OR MEDICAL BAD DEBT
Our "HOW TO" section guides the healthcare consumer through a number of different healthcare hurtles.
Thos HOW TO can help you manage Medical Debt
ProPublica’s Claim File Helper lets you customize a letter requesting the notes and documents your insurer used when deciding to deny you coverage. Get your claim file before submitting an appeal.
This guide is designed to help the navigate the patient or bad debt balances.
Knowing important healthcare terms educates and prepares the consumers to discuss medical bills with healthcare providers.
Your Explanation of Benefits you receive from your insurance company is the starting point for any billing review. It is very important you understand how to read the EOB. It is equally important that you retain all EOBs.
Your monthly billing statement from your healthcare provider lets you know the current status of your account. It also contains posting information from your insurance company.
This listing of titles will help the consumer locate the person to discuss billing issues.
Negotiating your medical bill can be daunting. This sections will help you become confident when dealing with your healthcare provider.
Unfortunately. your account may be sent to a collection agency. This section will help you deal with the collection agency.
In addition to your EOB, these two documents are critical when dealing with your medical bill. Knowing your benefits and provider network ensures your insurance company has made the correct payment.
Consumer Beware. Release forms may cost you more money. Make sure you understand what you are signing.
Consumers are bombarded with offers of discounts for everything they purchase. Healthcare is no different with one exception; most consumers are not aware they are available. This section will explain how to secure a discount.
Most healthcare consumer are paralyzed when themselves or family members are admitted to a hospital. This section will explains how the consumer can navigate the healthcare process.
Healthcare Consumers may need financial help. An unknown resource maybe Medical Charity Programs
Selecting the right Healthcare Provider in an Emergency situation can save you time and money.
In addition to the User Guide, this section supplements the Guide with additional and updated information. The Consumer needs to be aware of these updates.
Elder Healthcare Consumers Need to Know
The No Surprise Act includes an Arbitration process. This section explains the process.
Creating, Managing and Using Your Personal Health Record is a very powerful tool to manage your healthcare. Most Healthcare Consumers do not have a clue. This guide will help you get started.
The No Surprise Act has provisions for consumers to file complaints. This section explains the provisions and how to file a complaint.
Medical Billing can be confusing. This section will help the consumer navigate the process.
This section will help the healthcare consumer understand, talk about and navigate through healthcare.
This actually happened. Good lessons learned.
Medical billing can be very confusing for the consumer to understand and navigate. This section will explain the billing process and what the healthcare consumer can expect.
Healthcare Consumers need to understand how Safety Net Hospitals are a financial source. These organizations are funded by county, state and government organizations and are available to all.
Some specific services covered under the consumers’ health insurance plan may require the healthcare provider to obtain an authorization to perform the service. Consumers need to be aware of these requirements to be assured of payment form their insurance company.
Insurance companies routinely deny services that require the healthcare provider and consumer to appeal. This section will guide the consumer through the appeal process.
Understanding and Managing Observation Status when admitted to a hospital can be very confusing. The HCNC Observation Status Guide will help the Consumer Navigate through the process.
Find out what healthcare providers will charge you for your medical record
Consumer information about Medical Debt
Medical debt...how it can affect you.
This is a step-by-step guide TO MANAGE YOUR PATIENT BALANCE OR MEDICAL BAD DEBT. The guide is supplemented with detail information in SECTION 1.