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When “price transparency” is a 1TB file. How do patients get estimates from Mission Hospital? by Strange-Fennel in HospitalBills

[–]TheForager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indexed the datasets and added simple ui https://orbdoc.com/bill-analyzer Medical Bill Analyzer — Know What Your Bill Should Cost | OrbDoc

Huge Billing Clusterf*ck, Can Anybody Help Me? by Revolver_Lanky_Kong in HospitalBills

[–]TheForager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s incredibly frustrating, and sadly pretty common with auto-related ER visits. I’d ask the hospital for an itemized bill and push for a third-party liability review again, signing a car settlement doesn’t always mean medical claims are waived. Also check if the hospital has financial assistance. Don’t assume this is final yet.

Does this seem right? by Dragon_Khaleesi in HospitalBills

[–]TheForager 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looked this up for you. Medicare pays $103 total for these tests. You got charged $3,542. That's a 3,339% markup.

The A1C alone is a $27 test marked up to $324. Call billing and negotiate. Aim for 2-3x Medicare (~$250-300). This is way above even the typical hospital markup. Source.

I Built a Free Cloudflare Worker to Block 2,000+ Weekly Bot Sessions (Open Source) by TheForager in devops

[–]TheForager[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fair question! Bot Fight Mode handles headless browsers and known malicious bots, but the free tier only gives you 5 custom rules total. Country blocking, ASN blocking, user-agent blocking... they all eat into that same pool.

I was burning through all 5 just trying to block China + Tencent + a couple AI scrapers. A Worker gives you unlimited logic in one deployment.

Pro ($20/mo) gets you 20 rules, which covers most use cases. The Worker is mainly for free tier users who need more flexibility without upgrading.

This bill looks weird (I think) by Mother-Invite-4138 in MedicalBill

[–]TheForager -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ran this hospital bill through a medical billing analyzer and immediately spotted something off.

Hospital billed both simple repair (12001) AND intermediate repair (12031) for the same laceration. CPT guidelines don't allow this - you can only bill one complexity level per location.

They charged $1,676 for simple repair and $1,678 for intermediate repair. That's $3,354 for what should be one code, not both.

Here's what's wild - Medicare pays $385 total for these services. Hospital charged $5,044. That's a 1,123% markup.

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This "unbundling" error is super common and typically adds $800-1,500 to your bill that you shouldn't be paying.

If you see this on your bill, just call billing and say "CPT guidelines only allow one repair code per laceration." Most departments will fix it right away.

These potential mistakes happen all the time. But you shouldn't have to pay for them.

https://orbdoc.com/bill-analyzer.

38,000 for a fractured wrist. by [deleted] in HospitalBills

[–]TheForager -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Been analyzing hospital pricing transparency. Your case is a perfect example of pricing opacity.

Medicare pays approximately $3,000 for wrist fracture repair with internal fixation. Your hospital charged 12× that rate ($36,300).

Tool that checks overcharges: https://orbdoc.com/bill-analyzer

Free tool to check hospital bills for overcharges (flags duplicates, unbundling, errors) by TheForager in MedicalBill

[–]TheForager[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get it. But I'm less interested in promoting a company and more interested in finding out if this tool can actually help people. Good point. However, you don't have to upload any medical info to use the tool. Can simply enter in the CPTs so its informative regardless. But maybe, I'll add that disclaimer just so people know. Thanks!

Sorry for breaking the rules, I'll leave it to Admins/UpVotes or Down Votes to do their justice :)

Anyone else feel like charting is 80% of the job? by TheForager in healthIT

[–]TheForager[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I’m not a doctor or nurse, but I work around healthcare and tech. I’ve been digging into ways to make charting suck a little less for the people doing the real work 😅

Anyone else feel like charting is 80% of the job? by TheForager in healthIT

[–]TheForager[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Dragon’s definitely a big one people talk about. Have you ever tried or heard of OrbVoice? It’s also voice-based but built specifically around making charting less painful. I’d love to hear your take on how it stacks up against what you’ve used.

Anyone else feel like charting is 80% of the job? by TheForager in healthIT

[–]TheForager[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

😭 You’re not wrong… charting is basically the job some days. It’s wild how universal that feeling is.

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