|
April 2007
February 2007
Government report expects healthcare spending to double in 10 years.
October 2006
SmartMoney- 10 Things Your Hospital Won't Tell You - AOL Money & Finance
CNN: Health care 2.0: Do-it-yourself medical services - Oct. 11, 2006
June 2006
From toothache to financial heartache - Kansas City Star
Tenet to pay $725 mln to settle Medicare pay probe - Yahoo! Finance
May 2006
Doctors Without Managed Care Plans Rises
Favorite Articles
MSN Money interviews advocate Nora Johnson on 10 ways to avoid outrageous hospital charges. Read it now!
ConsumerReports.org offers some excellent advice for avoiding financial troubles due to hospital bills, and MBAA President Pat Palmer offers her two cents. Read it here.
CBS Marketwatch talks to Pat Palmer about how to correct overcharges and mistakes in hospital bills. Read it here (login required).
BankRate.com offers up the eight most common hospital billing errors, and talks about why organizations like MBAA are needed in the healthcare industry. Don't miss this one. This article also appeared on MSN's Money.
January to March 2006
Newspapers from North Carolina to Kansas have picked up a story about the benefits of using an advocate to help with healthcare.
CBS' 60 Minutes in March 2006 discussed the problems with hospital billing and overcharges for the uninsured. Read the article here.
The Top 10 Reasons for Soaring Health-Care Costs: The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance
Indiana-based MBAA advocate Toni Blaettner assists a patient with her medical bills. Read the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's article here.
December 2005
Money magazine discusses "How to Survive the ER," and recommends hiring a billing advocate to help with billing issues after you're discharged. Read it now!
May 2005
NBC-4 News in Washington, D.C., interviews advocate Nora Johnson about MBAA 's services. Some great tips on what to watch out for during your hospital stay.
MBAA was also featured in the May issue of Reader's Digest., and appeared on CNN's Dolan's Unscripted on April 23. No links available yet, but you can pick up the issue on newsstands.
February 2005
The Sun-Sentinel talks to Pat Palmer about ways consumers can combat medical overbilling.
The Chicago Tribune interviews founder Pat Palmer about medical billing issues. Read it now!
January 2005
MBAA founder Pat Palmer speaks out about consumer medical billing issues on CNN Live Sunday. Read the transcript here.
MBAA member advocate Cindy Holtzman appears on CNN's Sunday Morning. Read the transcript here.
October 2004
Money magazine helps out a consumer on CNN.com. Read the Q&A.
July 2004
The New York State Trial Lawyers Association talks with MBAA President Pat Palmer about medical billing errors. Click here for the story.
June 2004
The Washington Post interviews MBAA President Pat Palmer and Oregon advocate Joyce Zilai about hospital billing errors. Read the article.
Consumer tips from MBAA on The Washington Post's web site. A must-read!
If you're a member of the press interested in speaking with an advocate about medical billing issues, please email press@billadvocates.com.
|
