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Kyunghee Lee noticed her doctor's office had moved up a floor when she went to get her usual arthritis shots.
It was the same doctor, same shots, same time.
But it cost 10 times more.
Welcome to the "facility fee."
@KHNews @npratc #BilloftheMonth npr.org/sections/healt…
It was the same doctor, same shots, same time.
But it cost 10 times more.
Welcome to the "facility fee."
@KHNews @npratc #BilloftheMonth npr.org/sections/healt…
The increasingly controversial charge — basically a room rental fee — comes without warning
“It’s the same physician office it was, operating in exactly the same way, doing exactly the same services — but the hospital chooses to attach a facility fee to it” @TrishRiley207 said
“It’s the same physician office it was, operating in exactly the same way, doing exactly the same services — but the hospital chooses to attach a facility fee to it” @TrishRiley207 said
Facility fees are one reason hospital prices are rising faster than physician prices.
There is some state legislation to combat the rising phenomenon, but it’s difficult to fight powerful hospital lobbyists in a pandemic political climate.
There is some state legislation to combat the rising phenomenon, but it’s difficult to fight powerful hospital lobbyists in a pandemic political climate.
“The biggest crime you can commit in America is being sick.”
📝: @laura_ungar, KHN/@NPR #BillofTheMonth khn.org/news/heartbrea…
📝: @laura_ungar, KHN/@NPR #BillofTheMonth khn.org/news/heartbrea…
Matthew Fentress was just 25 when he passed out while stuffing cannolis as a cook for a senior living community six years ago. Doctors diagnosed him with viral cardiomyopathy, #heartdisease that developed after a bout of the flu. #BilloftheMonth
📸: @MegVogelphoto
📸: @MegVogelphoto
Three years later, the Kentucky man’s condition had worsened, and doctors placed him in a medically induced coma and inserted a pacemaker and defibrillator. #BilloftheMonth
Tune in to a new podcast episode of KHN's "What the Health?" jam-packed with the latest news in health care and health policy. Host @jrovner is joined by @MelMcIntire, @AliceOllstein, and @annaedney! khn.org/news/khn-podca…
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Health care and health policy language is complicated, but we have you covered! #WTHealth
#NewOnKHN: After Izzy had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her knee, her father, Steve, noticed that a surgical assistant had billed their insurance plan for $1,167.
📝: @MarkianHawryluk, KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth khn.org/news/ever-hear…
📝: @MarkianHawryluk, KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth khn.org/news/ever-hear…
Even before any other medical bills showed up, Izzy received a notice: “I’m writing this letter as a courtesy to remind you of my presence during your surgery,” the letter read.
Steve Benasso says he was perplexed after receiving a letter from the surgical assistant who was in the operating room during daughter Izzy Benasso’s knee surgery. "We had never read or heard of anything like that before,” Steve says.
📷: Rachel Woolf
📷: Rachel Woolf
🚨NEW "What the Health?"🚨 While #COVID19 cases continue to surge, the #TrumpAdministration has decided its top priority is for schools to open for in-person learning this fall. Host @jrovner is joined by @JoanneKenen, @leonardkl, and @MelMcIntire. khn.org/news/khn-podca…
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Here's a quote from @SarahVarney4, who reported the latest KHN-@NPR #BillOfTheMonth installment about an essential health worker who tried to get a test for #COVID19 and ended up with a $1,840 medical bill.
🔗: khn.org/MTEyNTIwNg
🔗: khn.org/MTEyNTIwNg
NEW: Thursdays are for new episodes of KHN's #WTHealth! Host @jrovner is joined by @JoanneKenen, @annaedney and @eemershon to discuss the latest news in health care and health policy. khn.org/news/khn-podca…
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The difficulties caused by the lack of a unified federal response to the pandemic can be seen by looking at other countries. Here's a quote from @JoanneKenen.
The #SCOTUS ruling on the #ACA risk corridors, more #COVID19 news, and a #BilloftheMonth interview with @ByCHRodriguez. Host @jrovner is joined by @caitlinnowens and @MelMcIntire in a new episode of KHN's #WTHealth! khn.org/news/khn-podca…
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States are beginning the long process of restarting their economies, but the diversity in efforts points to the politics that has pervaded the U.S. coronavirus response. Here's a quote from @MelMcIntire.
After Anna Davis Abel traveled to a conference in early March, she develop a sore throat and low grade fever. She lives with lupus and her doctor worried she had COVID-19. New KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth
📝: @ByCHRodriguez khn.org/MTA5MDI5OA
📝: @ByCHRodriguez khn.org/MTA5MDI5OA
Before she could be tested for COVID19, her doctor first ordered tests to evluate whether Davis Abel's symptoms were caused by some other respiratory disease. The reason?According to the doctor’s notes, she was not elibible for a COVID-19 test.
Davis Abel tested positive for influenza Type B.
Then the bill came. She recieved an out-of-pocket bill for the testing and visit. Read the rest of her story in this month's edition of KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth npr.org/sections/healt…
Then the bill came. She recieved an out-of-pocket bill for the testing and visit. Read the rest of her story in this month's edition of KHN/@NPR #BilloftheMonth npr.org/sections/healt…
The #COVID19Pandemic is forcing changes to the U.S. health system that were previously unthinkable. Yet some fights ― including over the #ACA and #abortion — persist. @JoanneKenen, @sangerkatz and @AliceOllstein join host @jrovner on KHN's #WTHealth. khn.org/MTA2MzQyNg
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The #CoronavirusOutbreak has produced the first big economic downturn since the #ACA was passed, and some of the law’s provisions could provide a critical safety net during this crisis. Here's a quote from @sangerkatz.
More than 42% of the 9.5 million people diagnosed with cancer from 2000 to 2012 drained their life's assets within two years, according to a study published last year in the American Journal of Medicine. via @annagorman KHN/@NPR n.pr/2XhuqAu
Randall Marley, a computer systems engineer, says he frequently comes home from work to find his wife not feeling well and frustrated about having spent a precious day of her recovery making phone calls to understand and dispute #medicalbills.
Cancer patients are 2.5 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than those without #cancer, and bankruptcy puts them at a higher risk for early death, according to research.
