Friday, July 3, 2009

Should You Send a Bill after a Patient Dies?

I logged onto a physician forum website and came across the question; "Do you charge an uninsured man's family after he dies?" The patient was in the hospital for a month and the doctor cared for him daily. The man was not insured but the patient's finances are enough to pay cash for the entire hospitalization. The doctor questions if he should bill the family after the patient died?My first