Interesting article in HIT Consultant by Lori Mehen, the Founder & CEO of Medlio, who states that with just a few lines of code, the ability to compare costs across different doctors could exist when scheduling an appointment. A simple RESTful API, that when used in conjunction with provider software, can tell both a patient and the doctor’s office, clinic or hospital:
- What services the doctor is billing for
- How the insurance will ‘reprice’ based on contracted rates
- How much the patient will owe, after taking into consideration benefits and accruals
- And, how much the insurance company will pay
Read more: http://hitconsultant.net/2016/06/01/true-price-transparency-lines-code/