What are Medicare Anti-Mark Up Rules?
Medicare’s new Anti-Mark up Rules went into effect on January 1, 2009.The Medicare Anti-Mark Up Rules are meant to prevent the mark up (price increase) of certain diagnostic tests that are …
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The Possible Limitations of Your Health Insurance Coverage
Most people place their health toward the very top of their priority list. Many people who can afford to do so subscribe to health insurance plans to help them afford the cost of the medical care that is necessary to keep them healthy. Since health insurance is not always affordable many Americans are uninsured. The problems this creates are well documented and often reported …
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Your Right to Medical Privacy: HIPAA
In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA. The law has many different elements including the protection of health insurance when an employee loses her job and national standards for certain health care transactions. However, one of the best known sections of the law is the one that addresses a patient’s …
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