{"id":19295,"date":"2021-12-17T07:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19295"},"modified":"2021-12-17T07:35:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:35:10","slug":"the-charges-seem-crazy-hospitals-impose-a-facility-fee-for-a-video-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19295","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Charges Seem Crazy\u2019: Hospitals Impose a \u2018Facility Fee\u2019 \u2014 For a Video Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Arielle Harrison\u2019s 9-year-old needed to see a pediatric specialist at Yale New Haven Health System in June, a telehealth visit seemed like a great option. Since her son wasn\u2019t yet eligible to be vaccinated against covid-19, they could connect with the doctor via video and avoid venturing into a germy medical facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days before the appointment, she got a notice from the hospital informing her that she would receive two bills for the visit. One would be for the doctor\u2019s services. The second would be for a hospital facility fee, even though she and her son would be at home in Cheshire, Connecticut, and never set foot in any hospital-affiliated building. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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