balance billing

Hospital Patients Should Be On Alert for "Balance Billing"

by Jonathan Ginsberg, Atlanta Bankruptcy Attorney

A close relative in my family completed a week-long hospital stay in November, 2008.  It is now mid-February, and just about every day, a bill arrives from the hospital, a doctor’s group associated with the hospital, or a vendor that provided some product or service.  In addition, both Medicare and the private health insurance company [...]