The article discusses the implications of ‘blank check’ financial liability form presented to patients at medical centers. These forms state a patient is financially responsible for any incurred costs that are not covered by insurance.
Chet Waldman added the word “reasonable” in the medical center’s financial liability form to qualify the potential medical charges. He believed, among other things, the original form went against New York’s surprise billing law, in which a patient is not financially liable for any unexpected out-of-network care costs. They refused to give him his medical procedure because he had made the one change to the form.
Matt Insley-Pruitt also shares his experience when he was asked to sign a financial liability form for a medical procedure after signing the initial paperwork at reception and moments before starting a procedure.