Patients Understanding of What Constitutes a Preventive Care Visit
b'On this Managed Care Cast, we speak with a health policy researcher who got the idea for a study about medical billing appearing\\xa0in the December 2019 issue of\\xa0The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae\\xa0after she received one that was unexpected.\\xa0While efforts to abate surprise medical billing, such as the kind that come from out-of-network emergency department visits, are currently being debated in Washington, DC, the kind of billing discussed here occurs when patients struggle to understand the difference between preventive health services, which are covered at no cost under the Affordable Care Act, and billing for services at a doctor\\u2019s visit for an illness, condition, or injury.\\n\\nKatie Schmitz, a graduate student pursuing a master\\u2019s degree in health communication from Purdue University, is one of the coauthors of "Preventive/Office Visit Patient Knowledge and Their Insurance Information Gathering Perceptions."\\n\\nRead the full paper: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2019/2019-vol25-n12/preventiveoffice-visit-patient-knowledge-and-their-insurance-information-gathering-perceptions'