Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.
An insurer refused to pay bills related to the premature birth of the Bull family s twins because it said their delivery wasn t an emergency and their stays in the NICU weren t medically necessary.
It used to be that saying “stay safe” in wintertime meant that we wanted the person to be careful on the ice and when navigating snow banks. Now it also means…