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Posted byKCisafriendlyllamain/news-Nov 02, 2016 at 9:36 PM

Woman gives birth in car, hospital charges full delivery fee

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Woman gives birth in car, hospital charges full delivery fee

BOCA RATON, FL (AP) - A South Florida mother says she's being charged thousands of dollars in delivery charges even though she gave birth in a car in the hospital parking lot. Paula D'Amore tells WSVN-TV that wasn't how she expected to deliver her daughter, Daniella, who was born in the fire lane at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

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  • PipsyNov 03, 2016 at 12:38 AM

    I don't understand American healthcare at all :(

    • jamminNov 03, 2016 at 6:02 AM

      The article doesn't mention a refusal from the hospital to update the billing, so this story seems quite sensationalized, and I wouldn't report it to the press without first trying to resolve it with the hospital.

  • jamminNov 03, 2016 at 5:41 AMΔ

    It's not as ridiculous as it sounds, unless the hospital refuses to amend the charges.

    Each procedure has a billing code associated with it, and it's entered by the provider (doctor, nurse, etc.) into an electronic medical record during the visit. Then a coding specialist goes in for verification a few weeks later. Unless the provider has to correct a charting mistake, these two are not allowed to talk to each other because it violates HIPAA.

    The codes are also standardized, so there isn't a discount code, or a "partial procedure" code, nor is there the ability to create one. The hospital has to apply discounts manually, and with the way billing and HIPAA works, it can only be done after the bill has been sent out.

  • Twining_IvyNov 03, 2016 at 3:48 AM

    Oh yeah, this is one of the hospital's 'special experience' packages. :/

  • mistrybaluNov 04, 2016 at 3:02 PM

    Hospital is trying to rip the customer, talk to the supervisor.

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