A Survey of Texas HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Tuberculosis, and Viral Hepatitis Providers’ Billing and Reimbursement Capabilities

Bibliographic Data

ID11035907
AuthorsMatthew B Flynn, Matt Flynn (0000-0003-4754-9837, Matthew B. Flynn is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University. Robin Atwood, Jennifer B. Greenberg, Tara Ray, and Karol Kaye Harris are with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin.), Robin Atwood (Matthew B. Flynn is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University. Robin Atwood, Jennifer B. Greenberg, Tara Ray, and Karol Kaye Harris are with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin.), Jennifer B Greenberg (Matthew B. Flynn is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University. Robin Atwood, Jennifer B. Greenberg, Tara Ray, and Karol Kaye Harris are with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin.), Tara C Ray (The Centre for Health (New Zealand)), Tara Ray (Matthew B. Flynn is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University. Robin Atwood, Jennifer B. Greenberg, Tara Ray, and Karol Kaye Harris are with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin.), Karol Kaye Harris (Matthew B. Flynn is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University. Robin Atwood, Jennifer B. Greenberg, Tara Ray, and Karol Kaye Harris are with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin.)
Year2015
Volume105
IssueS5
PagesS686-S689
Publication date2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302734
PMID26447911
OpenAlexW1930140202
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

The Affordable Care Act presents financial challenges and opportunities for publicly funded service providers. We assessed billing practices and anticipated barriers to third-party 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

Business · Disease · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Reimbursement · Service (business) · Service provider · Sexually transmitted disease · Syphilis · Tuberculosis · Healthcare Policy and Management · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Marketing · Medicine

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