Tu guía para entender las cuentas médicas

July 26, 2019

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En 2018, Kaiser Health News y NPR se unieron para crear “Bill of the Month” (“La cuenta del mes”), una serie de investigaciones en las que analizamos y explicamos las facturas médicas que nos envían los usuarios. Hemos recibido casi 2,000 mensajes sobre cuentas médicas escandalosas y confusas, de todo el país.

Cada mes seleccionamos una cuenta para investigar a fondo, lo que a menudo resulta en la resolución de la factura poco después de la publicación de la historia. Pero, ¿qué pasa con la gran cantidad de estadounidenses que reciben cuentas médicas sorpresa y que los reporteros no pueden analizar?

Kaiser Health News te brinda este conjunto de herramientas fáciles de usar, para ayudar a los pacientes a comprender el entretejido de la facturación médica, qué hacer si se recibe una cuenta médica sorpresa y cosas que debes tener en cuenta antes de recibir atención médica. Aquí está la guía para decodificar facturas médicas.

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<p>En 2018, Kaiser Health News y NPR se unieron para crear “Bill of the Month” (“La cuenta del mes”), una serie de investigaciones en las que analizamos y explicamos las facturas médicas que nos envían los usuarios. Hemos recibido casi 2,000 mensajes sobre cuentas médicas escandalosas y confusas, de todo el país.</p>
<p>Cada mes seleccionamos una cuenta para investigar a fondo, lo que a menudo resulta en la resolución de la factura poco después de la publicación de la historia. Pero, ¿qué pasa con la gran cantidad de estadounidenses que reciben cuentas médicas sorpresa y que los reporteros no pueden analizar?</p>
<p>Kaiser Health News te brinda este conjunto de herramientas fáciles de usar, para ayudar a los pacientes a comprender el entretejido de la facturación médica, qué hacer si se recibe una cuenta médica sorpresa y cosas que debes tener en cuenta antes de recibir atención médica. Aquí está la guía para decodificar facturas médicas.</p>
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