The website aims to give users numerous tools to understand their insurance coverage for out-of-network care, the report said.
Information that will provided on the website will include glossaries to explain terms on health plan documents or physician bills, explanations of out-of-network reimbursement, educational videos on reimbursement, estimated average costs of a medical service in a particular area and estimates of what insurers cover if a patient goes out-of-network.
Read the article on FAIR Health (pdf).
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