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BEFORE YOU SEND THAT PAYMENT FOR MEDICAL CHARGES IN FULL, WHY NOT LET HSI AUDIT AND DISCOUNT THAT BILL?Unless you are using a medical correspondent, all of your crewmember’s medical arrangements are being made by your port agent or transportation co…
Dear Althea,
As we have developed a compliant HIPPA program and as we understand fully HIPPA in particular the new HITECH regulations, providing the name of the facility would not compromise HIPPA as there would be no pertinent informaiton pertaini…
Dear Lloyd,
If you were a "real" healthcare professional, you would know to do so would be a violation of HIPPA. Please rest assured that this discount is as valid as the line in your agreements with the hospitals that provide for "arresting of the…
Ms. Rollins,
Can you please provide the hospital name and contact person, we would like to verify that they agreed to the 89.33% discount legitamately.
Thanks
Last week Success Story…A US port agent received a bill on one crewmember for an emergency visit and admission to a US hospital. The bill had been forwarded for payment to the shipowner on the Agent Disbursement Account to be paid in full. The bil…
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Profile Information
- What company are you currently employed by / studying with?
- Health Systems International
- What is your job title or role?
- Maritime Program Director
- What is your main geographic location (when you are not at sea)
- Indiana
- How would you catergorise your employer / organisation
- service vendor
- What is your age range
- 36-45
- Would you like to give some background information about yourself (current projects, background, what you are looking for if anything and so on)
- Medical Cost Containment for vessel owners and Mgt firms
- Have you ever been to sea?
- No
- Do you believe TMSA is a useful contribution to the tanker industry?
- Yes definitely
- Do you favour distillates or scrubbers? (to stop air pollution from tankers)
- Distillates
- What do you think about the industry's current safety performance?
- room for improvement
Althea Rollins's Blog
Why not have your medical bills audited?
BEFORE YOU SEND THAT PAYMENT FOR MEDICAL CHARGES IN FULL, WHY NOT LET HSI AUDIT AND DISCOUNT THAT BILL?
Unless you are using a medical correspondent, all of your crewmember’s medical arrangements are being made by your port agent or transportation company. While they may have years of experience with making these arrangements, they may not have expertise in identifying billing errors that may cost you money over time. Even with the small discounts offered for fast payment, you… Continue
Unless you are using a medical correspondent, all of your crewmember’s medical arrangements are being made by your port agent or transportation company. While they may have years of experience with making these arrangements, they may not have expertise in identifying billing errors that may cost you money over time. Even with the small discounts offered for fast payment, you… Continue
Posted on April 9, 2010 at 12:55pm —
A bright spot in a dark economy!
Last week Success Story…A US port agent received a bill on one crewmember for an emergency visit and admission to a US hospital. The bill had been forwarded for payment to the shipowner on the Agent Disbursement Account to be paid in full. The bill, was indeed high, but well un… Continue
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 1:40pm — 3 Comments
Lloyd List Article commentary- Shipmanager calls for mandatory experience requirements
http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/viewArticle.htm?articleId=20017627922
I found the attached article interesting. I would like to hear the views of others. From my position and seeing first hand the claims and the experience of those with "inexperienced" crew, I would have to agree that the effects are devastating. It is interesting that the Lloyd's list author wrote "Concerns surrounding inexperienced officers had been felt most acutely in the operation of tankers, particularly product, chemic… Continue
I found the attached article interesting. I would like to hear the views of others. From my position and seeing first hand the claims and the experience of those with "inexperienced" crew, I would have to agree that the effects are devastating. It is interesting that the Lloyd's list author wrote "Concerns surrounding inexperienced officers had been felt most acutely in the operation of tankers, particularly product, chemic… Continue
Posted on March 13, 2009 at 4:19pm —
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