An incorrectly coded $1,000 billing error
As a graduate student in the health field I often get phone calls from various family members and friends asking what I happen to know about different drugs, procedures, and devices. I was having one such conversation with my younger sister last spring. She had just completed her undergraduate education, started a new job, and was very proudly financially self-sufficient for the first time.
We were talking about birth control. Her …
An incorrectly coded $1,000 billing error

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