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Old 05-07-2017, 03:17 PM
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Default Fair Value Of Services

Can somebody in the medical field shed light on this issue?

You receive a service and the provider charges Medicare, for example, $1550 and the provider receives and accepts a payment in full of $480. What is the actual fair value of the service? $480? $1550? Something in between?

What needs to change so that what is billed and what is accepted are more closely aligned?