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    • By PeteCrutchley


    • Medical Billing News

    Not a guarantee of payment

    Consider when the patient has contacted his/her insurance company and been issued with a pre-authorization number.

    This does not mean, the insurance company will accept your charge.

    This happened to an MHM client – a gynaecologist – a few days ago.

    We spoke to the insurance company concerned.

    They confirmed whilst they did indeed issue a pre-auth, this did not mean they would accept the charge.

    In fact, pre-authorization had been refused.

    Yet again the message came through loud and clear:

    Pre-authorization is not a guarantee of payment.

    No argument from me on that one. It has always been so.

    My issue though is why did the insurance company issue a “DECLINED” pre-authorization?

    If they were not prepared to issue a pre-authorization then they should not have issued one at all.

    This point was duly made to the insurance company. Their reply was poetic.

    They had always done it that way.

    I have the utmost respect for private medical insurance companies.

    Most are extremely efficient and willing to help.

    Whilst I’ve had numerous disagreements with all of them regarding fees etc, never have they implied or stood behind the “we’ve always done it that way” position.

    But on this occasion, it feels very much like a case of stop wasting your breath!

    pete@medicalhealthcaremanagment.co.uk

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