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Originally Posted by Rabrrita
The 'same health system" is meaningless as each of them cab be separate entities. Example, you go to Big Conglomerate Heath System Main Street Hospital. You are also seen by Big Conglomerate Heath System Radiology Group East. You also have specialized consulting by Big Conglomerate Heath Care System HeyWhatDatDotOnXray Associates. Although they are all part oft he same parent health system, they are essentially all different practices. Each practice or group can bill on their own. I have even seen two practices within a group where one was in-network and the other was out of network.
It's not uncommon for medical professionals to combine offices into a group practices while still maintaining their individual identity. The office may have a single name under which all those medical professionals practice, but they are all their own entity with their own ID just using a single named office. This is when you look in your insurance provider directory and you can't find We-B-Doctors practice listed but you do find 8 different professionals all with their own ID number listed at that same address. The flip side is when you go to Cramed Em In HMO Clinic and all bills come under that HMO name regardless who you saw as they are a single medical entity and the medical professionals are just paid employees of the company.
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Love those provider names!
I can't recall ever getting a hospital bill that included the services of all the different providers during that hospital stay. Generally each provider has sent separate bills, and yeah, it can be confusing, especially if the patient doesn't recognize the name, corporate entity, or billing service that billed on behalf of the provider.
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