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Reimbursement:

You Can Bill Auto Insurance For Patient Services

Published on Tue Aug 04, 2009

Warn your patients they may pay out of pocket. Scenario: Your home care patient is in an auto accident that leaves her in a wheelchair for an unspecified period of time. Her auto insurance -- not her medical insurance -- will foot the bill for her injuries. That leaves you out of the equation, right? Wrong. "You can submit a claim to an auto insurance company," assures M. Aaron Little, senior managing consultant with BKD in Springfield, Mo. But you shouldn't submit the claim and hope the auto insurance company will pay it, he says. Best bet: You should find out up front whether an auto or medical insurance company is handling a patient's injuries, Little recommends. That way, you can get a head start on the reimbursement process -- and warn patients that they may wind up paying for some services out of pocket while waiting for the auto insurance to [...]
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