4 Signs to Know if You Have a Broken Leg
A broken leg can be a severe and painful injury resulting from various activities, such as sports or automobile accidents. Walking on a broken leg can be dangerous and may …
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Emergency Medical Care Benefits Could Be Stripped From Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Tell your legislators to Support The Emergency Care Improvement Act NOW! The pandemic showed us that immediate access to local emergency medical care is critical for all people…not just those …
Protect The Prudent Layperson Standard
What good is insurance if you can be denied when you seek emergency care? When you think you are having a medical emergency, you should never question your instincts. Based on …
The Insurance Lobby Has Undermined the Law Again
Surprise, Surprise… Last year, Healthcare providers helped Congress pass the “No Surprises Act”…protecting patients from surprise bills when insurance companies don’t fairly cover health care costs. The law specifically created …
The Big Insurance Lobby is Finding New Ways To Underpay For Your Care
By law, a patient is protected by the Prudent Layperson Standard from having to pay unreasonably high out-of-network rates in emergency situations. However, big insurance companies outright defied these laws and made …
Big Insurance Lobby is Finding New Ways To Keep Your Money While Reducing Your Coverage
Last year, Congress finally passed provisions of the “No Surprises Act”, protecting patients from being directly charged for services gone underpaid by insurers. No surprise here, but insurance companies have figured out …
Elite Hospital Kingwood recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2021!
Elite Hospital Kingwood has been ranked No. 12 among healthcare iProvider/Insurer category in Modern Healthcare’s 2021 Best Places to Work award program. Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring …
How to Prepare for Hurricane Season in Texas
It’s that time of the year again – Hurricane season. The season generally starts from June and runs through November. Texans have been hit by these storms so many times …
Pandemic Denials: State Of Denial
During this pandemic, Health Insurance companies are making record profits while at the same time increasing our premiums and denying our claims. Here’s how they did it: Delayed or Deferred Care …
Insurance Companies Are Fighting to Keep Texas in a State of Denial.
Pre-authorization denials and delay tactics for necessary medical procedures has become another major profit center for health insurance companies. In fact, Texas health plans have systematically eroded the process of physician-recommended …
Elite Hospital Kingwood Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2021
Kingwood, TX – Elite Hospital Kingwood has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s winners, …
Caught Blue-Handed
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Fined Millions For Denying & Deceiving Patients about Legitimate Emergency Care. by Kevin Herrington We’ve all been there. You pick-up your mail and see …