He said he anticipates "a flood of early emergency claims" beginning Monday, but hopes the tide may be lessened by claimants' ability to file and track their claimprocessing online.
Providers need to get out of the claimprocessing business altogether and patients should be responsible for filing their claims. technology exists today that allows providers to secure the balance from the patient and provide them what they need to get reimbursed.
She said people in Mr Lamhoud's position were taking great risks, and that the "pink card" - giving the right to remain pending the processing of a claim - offered no long-term security.
Instead, the IRS is aiming to begin processing those returns Feb. 11--meaning it won't accept forms that claim the credit electronically until then, and any it receives via postal mail will be put aside for later processing.
Next up is a scan on coordination of benefits through normal claims processing to look for cases when another state program or private insurance paid all or part of a claim.