Texas Political Leadership To Study Telemedicine

telephone123Texas political leadership has recognized the significance of telemedicine related to access to care and has issued “Interim Charges” to study the issue in 2016.

The Interim Charge designation indicates the potential for the issue to become priority legislation during the next legislative session, which will reconvene in January 2017.

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20 Things To Know About Balance Billing

confusedBalance billing complaints are up 1,000 percent in Texas…………the patient was balance billed $1,170 for a total of five stitches …………  patient was served a $117,000 balance bill for an out-of-network physician’s assistant he never knew was present during surgery……………..physician charged Aetna $31,939 to treat abdominal pain in the patient. After Aetna paid the amount it deemed reasonable — $2,811, based on Medicare rates — the physician balance billed the patient for an additional $10,635.

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Texas House Bill 1295

mulebriarIn 2015, the Texas Legislature adopted House Bill 1295, which added section 2252.908 of the Government Code. The law states that a governmental entity or state agency may not enter into certain contracts with a business entity unless the business entity submits a disclosure of interested parties to the governmental entity or state agency at the time the business entity submits the signed contract to the governmental entity or state agency.

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