30% to 80% of All Medical Bills Have Errors; Overcharges, Denials Top Consumer Complaints

Oct. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- Chicago, IL – According to the American Medical Association’s latest annual insurer report card, 19% of medical claims are incorrectly processed. These errors waste about $17 billion annually, but an even bigger problem is that patients are being denied insurance coverage in cases where the claim is 100% legitimate.

Medical Bill & Claim Resolution (http://www.medicalbillandclaimresolution.com/) helps relieve the stress of deciphering medical bills. MBCR makes certain that charges are correct and that consumers receive all the money or savings due to them, so they can focus on getting their lives back on track.
With more than 30 years of medical billing and coding experience, MBCR knows the medical billing and coding industry from both the provider and the insurance company side.

MBCR acts as a patient advocate by providing medical bill and medical claims assistance for consumers by:

•   Analyzing medical bills or claims for errors by comparing them to insurance plans, state and federal regulations, and industry practices

•   Reconciling bills/claims to services received

•   Disputing bills/claims when they are incorrect

•   Ensuring documents are filed properly

•   Submitting appeals

•   Negotiating bill reductions with hospitals and clinics

•   Helping patients establish realistic payment plans

•   Contacting and working with collection agencies on patient’s behalf

•   Processing insurance and Medicare forms

Even those without insurance can benefit from MBCR’s expertise. Insurers give preferred rates to providers, but consumers who pay out of pocket do not get these preferred rates. In many cases, MBCR can negotiate with providers on the patient’s behalf and get them a discounted rate.

MBCR has helped many patients in cases similar to this: A pregnant woman fell down the stairs and injured her leg. She could not have an x-ray because of her pregnancy, so a temporary splint was applied. After her delivery, she returned to her provider for a permanent solution to the leg injury. Her insurer classified the injury as a pre-existing condition because the temporary splint had been prescribed, and denied the claim. The claim of $100,000 was successfully appealed.

About Medical Bill & Claim Resolution:
MBCR is a wholly owned subsidiary of RMK Holdings Inc. Since 1980, RMK's proven track record of medical billing and revenue management services for healthcare organizations and their patients has resulted in prompt and accurate payments.

MBCR’s expertise and personal approach led to establishing a medical bill advocacy organization for consumers. MBCR is a medical bill and claims assistance company that truly is in the consumer’s corner, focusing on their best interests.

As professional medical billers and coders, MBCR processes over 40,000 bills each month, reversing up to 60% of claims denied by the insurance company; recover up to 50% more patient dollars because of medical bill coding errors; and recovering up to 80% more patient dollars on underpaid claims.

MBCR understands not only medical bills but the coding that creates them.

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Medical Bill and Claim Resolution is a wholly owned subsidiary of RMK Holdings Inc. Since 1980, RMK's proven track record of medical billing and revenue management services for healthcare organizations and their patients has resulted in prompt and accurate payments.

MBCR’s expertise and personal approach led to establishing a medical bill advocacy organization for consumers. MBCR is a medical bill and claims assistance company that truly is in the consumer’s corner, focusing on their best interests.

As professional medical billers and coders, MBCR processes over 40,000 bills each month, reversing up to 60% of claims denied by the insurance company; recover up to 50% more patient dollars because of medical bill coding errors; and recovering up to 80% more patient dollars on underpaid claims.