“Surprise” Billing for Privately Insured Elective-Surgery Patients With In-Network Primary Surgeons and Facilities

This study uses claims data from a large US health insurer to describe the proportion of times patients who had undergone elective surgery at in-network facilities with in-network primary surgeons received out-of-network bills between 2012 and 2017.

Source: JAMA - February 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research