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Show Bill Must Be Itemized For Medical Insurance Many people in the local area wait longer than necessary to receive payment from their Medicare medical insurance - j because they failed to submit ::Mtemized bills with their request for payment form, a social security representative said recently. re-cently. Medical insurance is the part of Medicare that helps pay for doctor bills, outpatient hospital bills, and other items and services serv-ices not covered by hospital insurance. in-surance. To receive payment under medical insurance, a person generally submits a request for payment form and the doctor or other supplier completes part of the form or provides an itemized bill to send with the form. ' The trouble, the spokesperson spokesper-son said, is that often tte bill does' ;npf;jptcvi($; M (J&ailed description of ih& services pro vided and, therefore, a decision cannot be made as to whether they are covered. As a result, the patient must be contacted for more information and payment pay-ment is delayed. To prevent this delay, the person should be sure that each bill shows:- A description of each service provided; The date the service was provided; pro-vided; The place the service was provided; The charge for each service provided; The doctor or supplier who provided each service, and; Jthe 'person's name and," .7'.''" health insurance claim, num:a''.,1;, I ber, exactly as they appear on the Medicare card. It is helpf ul if the diagnosis is also shown. For more information, ask for a free copy of the leaflet, ' "Payment under Medicare medical insurance." Copies are available at any social security office. The address and telephone number of the nearest social security office can be found in the telephone directory. |