Bill of the Month
Slashing Overpriced Bills for Newborn Care Preserves ‘Piggy Bank’ Savings
When an underweight newborn struggled with feeding, the baby was admitted to the Level II Neonatal Special Care Nursery at Doctors…
Uncovering Egregious Overbilling in Orthopedic Surgery
Federal law requires all employers to provide workers’ compensation benefits to injured workers, but it is up to each state to…
Straightening Out “Crooked” Overbilling for Spine Surgery
When a $316,383 workers’ compensation bill arrived for examination by the WellRithms’ physician and surgeon bill reviewers, they agreed that the…
A Broken Leg that Could Break the Bank
Q: What hurts more than a procedure to repair a leg fracture that has not healed? A: The bill. Doctors…
Revision Amputation Surgery on Finger Points Up Absurdity of Medical Bill Miscoding
A New Jersey plastic surgeon took the phrase “time is money” to a new height when he charged $200,892 for what…
Egregious Charges Removed with Surgical Precision From Workers’ Comp Bill
A workers’ compensation outpatient hospital bill we reviewed involving a 53-year-old security guard in Scottsdale, Ariz. who required back surgery was…
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