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Reported Variation in Hospital Billing Quality

Published:2024-01-09 Issue:2 Volume:331 Page:162
ISSN:0098-7484
Container-title:JAMA
language:en
Short-container-title:JAMA

Author:

Rumalla Kranti C.¹,Danforth Missy²,Tilly Jean-Luc²,Dun Chen³,Walsh Christi M.³,Makary Martin A.³

Affiliation:

1. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

2. The Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC

3. Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Abstract

This study examines how US hospitals perform on billing quality measures, including legal actions taken by a hospital to collect medical debt, the timeliness of sending patients an itemized billing statement, and patient access to a qualified billing representative.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/articlepdf/2813347/jama_rumalla_2023_ld_230084_1704750630.79177.pdf

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