A new study suggests that doctors and hospitals are overcharging by more than one billion francs every year, reported SRF.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.comSome in the medical profession have questioned the sum, which came from doctoral research done by Larisa Petrov. Petrov is a lawyer and head of legal at the consulting firm Blacklight Analytics. She did the research while working as a lawyer at Helsana Insurance
The excessive charges fall into two broad categories: overpriced treatments and the systematic invoicing of services that are not provided. For some categories of treatment, such as radiology, overcharging was calculated to be as high as 10-15%.
Petrov described the potential savings as enormous. They also appear to be in specific areas. Most service providers are billing
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