TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey of Texas HIV, sexually transmitted disease, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis providers' billing and reimbursement capabilities
AU - Flynn, Matthew B.
AU - Atwood, Robin
AU - Greenberg, Jennifer B.
AU - Ray, Tara
AU - Harris, Karol Kaye
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - The Affordable Care Act presents financial challenges and opportunities for publicly funded service providers. We assessed billing practices and anticipated barriers to thirdparty billing among organizations in Texas that provide publicly funded HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis services. One third to one half of the organizations did not bill for medical services. The most common barrier to third-party billing was lack of staff knowledge about billing and coding. Future research must evaluate options for organizations and communities to maintain access to infectious disease services for vulnerable populations.
AB - The Affordable Care Act presents financial challenges and opportunities for publicly funded service providers. We assessed billing practices and anticipated barriers to thirdparty billing among organizations in Texas that provide publicly funded HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis services. One third to one half of the organizations did not bill for medical services. The most common barrier to third-party billing was lack of staff knowledge about billing and coding. Future research must evaluate options for organizations and communities to maintain access to infectious disease services for vulnerable populations.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84946721376
U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302734
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302734
M3 - Article
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 105
SP - S686-S689
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
ER -
