Billing separately for facility and for physician services, such as when the hospital owns physician practices and outpatient clinics, is a commonplace practice for large, integrated health systems, according to the report.
Many patients fail to discover the fees until they receive the bill, but hospitals — including Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.) — say the billing practice guarantees more appropriate payment for services.
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