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Originally Posted by EEinNJ
Snafu, your last example is the kind of thing insurance companies are getting away with, financially screwing sick people.
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Another thing insurance companies do:
I send in a request for authorization of a given procedure, let's say an MRI, for a patient. I give all the clinical info and the insurer faxes back an authorization, allowing the patient to have the test done. HOWEVER, in the fine print of that authorization it says that, "This authorization is not a guarantee of payment." Well then what the hell is it? If they can authorize the procedure and at some later date still refuse to pay for it, what was the point of the authorization?