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.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

"New York State has a law that will take effect in March requiring that insurers notify patients in..."

“New York State has a law that will take effect in March requiring that insurers notify patients in advance on whether the health care providers treating them will be in or out of network and what the cost of leaving the network might be, so that the patient can decide which way to go.”

- Editorial: Warnings on Big Medical Bills

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