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Out of Network Provider Medicare Employee Benefits

J.S. Held

All Is Not What It Seems, Or When Is A Dollar A Dime?

J.S. Held on

Welcome to the strange and mysterious world of medical billing. If ever there was an industry in which the charges and the payments have no correlation, the medical industry is it. Medical billing can indeed be quite...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Eighth Circuit Upholds Payment for Out-of-Network Air Ambulance Flight at 150 Percent of Medicare Rates

In Mitchell v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.D., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8818 (8th Cir. Mar. 20, 2020), the Eighth Circuit upheld the payment of 150% of Medicare rates for an out-of-network air ambulance flight, although the...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The LHD/ERISA Advisor: Sixth Circuit Rejects MSPA and ERISA Discrimination Claims

Seeking to control healthcare costs, many group health plans have adopted amendments that lower reimbursement rates for the treatment of end-stage renal disease ("ESRD"), which requires long-term dialysis treatment or a...more

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