I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Denial of Insurance Payment Due to Alcohol Use?

GruntDoc has some surprising news: in 42 states, insurance companies are free to deny payment of medical bills if records document any amount of alcohol consumption.

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