Balance Billing for Commercial/Auto

Hello all,

If a patient signs the waiver to have her regular commercial insurance pay for procedures that resulted an injury due to an auto accident, and the commercial payer pays but there is a balance (coinsurance/deductible), can we bill the patient for that or can we bill the auto carrier, OR, is it a writeoff? I have a feeling the auto will reject it because the services weren't pre-authorized due to the waiver.

Please advise.

Thanks!

Kellie

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K. Pieczynski, CPC

Surgical Biller/Coder

Balance Billing for Commercial/Auto