A survey of Texas HIV, sexually transmitted disease, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis providers' billing and reimbursement capabilities

M.B. Flynn, R. Atwood, J.B. Greenberg, T. Ray and K.K. Harris

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, S686-S689

Abstract: The Affordable Care Act presents financial challenges and opportunities for publicly funded service providers. We assessed billing practices and anticipated barriers to thirdparty billing among organizations in Texas that provide publicly funded HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis services. One third to one half of the organizations did not bill for medical services. The most common barrier to third-party billing was lack of staff knowledge about billing and coding. Future research must evaluate options for organizations and communities to maintain access to infectious disease services for vulnerable populations.

Keywords: coding; economics; financial management; health care policy; health center; health insurance; human; insurance; medical care; organization and management; outpatient department; pilot study; public health service; reimbursement; safety net hospital; sexually transmitted disease; statistics and numerical data; Texas; tuberculosis; United States; virus hepatitis, Clinical Coding; Community Health Centers; Financing, Personal; Hepatitis, Viral, Human; Humans; Insurance Coverage; Insurance, Health; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Medical Assistance; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Pilot Projects; Public Health Administration; Safety-net Providers; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Texas; Tuberculosis; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302734

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