AI May Drive Up Health Costs

[Richard S. Stewart]

Something that I hear a lot, and is mentioned in this article, is private insurances paying more than Medicare for visits and procedures. Private insurers have never reimbursed more than Medicare for anything in my personal experience.

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[Weihan Wang OD]

Something that I hear a lot, and is mentioned in this article, is private insurances paying more than Medicare for visits and procedures. Private insurers have never reimbursed more than Medicare for anything in my personal experience.

Happens all the time, see below:

That's a contracted (in-network) rate of $234.84 for 92083, roughly 4x Medicare.

(I'm not the provider on this one)