The Influence of Third-Party Payers
Editor’s Note: While our editorial team takes the week off for the holidays, we hope you enjoy the most viewed post this year at Hearing Views. This post was originally published on August 28, 2018. by Mike Metz Views of third-party payers will vary among providers. Professional qualifications and membership restrictions are seldom the reasons…
Read MoreThe Value of Anonymity
Unless you are a hermit (hermitess?), you have heard about and read the anonymous “inside resistance” op-ed published during the first week of September. An anonymous senior member of the President’s staff wrote to the New York Times.[1] The editorial was quite blunt and critical. The Times was asked to allow it to be printed…
Read MoreThe Influence of Third-Party Payers
Views of third-party payers will vary among providers. Professional qualifications and membership restrictions are seldom the reasons that clinicians and providers dislike the folks who control their billing and receipts. More often, it’s likely that the amount of money paid by insurers and other third parties that’s the key issue. On the other hand, consumers…
Read MoreAudiology: An Introspection, Part 2
By Robert Castleton Wormus “The history of audiology, as well as general information about its scope, and who practices it, must be rewritten, and peer reviewed by audiologists. To be continued.” Part Two That’s where I left off in part one of Audiology: An Introspection. I realized the can of worms I was opening, but…
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