In wellness, surprise medical bills are the new opioids, impacting an employee\u2019s financial health like opioids might impact their physical health. How do surprise bills work? Typically, an employee enters an in-network emergency room (ER) or hospital, assuming everything is covered at in-network rates. However, it turns out the ancillary providers \u2013 radiologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, and sometimes even the ER doctors themselves \u2013 are not part of the network.<\/p>\n
If an employee signed the form contract the hospital thrusted in front of them, like most people do, they are also signing away their right to dispute the out-of-network charges. Those charges can often reach five figures for an ER visit!<\/p>\n
Fortunately, this Whiteboard Wednesday will show how employees can avoid this entire nightmare scenario. Wellable\u2019s guest speaker, Al Lewis, also provides a quiz to teach employees all about it<\/a> as well as a workaround that can help them avoid surprise bills altogether. Thanks Al!<\/p>\n