This customizable document, Waiver of Coinsurance/Deductibles, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Waiver of Coinsurance/Deductibles:

	POLICY: The organization does not routinely waive or reduce coinsurance or deductibles except when personal financial hardship is proven. Organization personnel and agents are prohibited from: Advertising an intent to waive deductibles or coinsurance; Advertising an intent to discount services for Medicare patients; Providing unsolicited advice to patients that they need not pay the deductible and/or coinsurance; Charging Medicare patients more than non-Medicare patients for similar items or services; Selectively collecting deductibles and coinsurance. Verification of any of the...
Second excerpt:
	...are grounds for immediate termination. Collection of the deductible amount will be deferred until the organization is notified by the intermediary in the remittance record of the amount of the deductible. PROCEDURE: An invoice is sent to the beneficiary for the amount of the coinsurance or deductible. If the invoice is not settled within thirty 30 days a second invoice is sent to the beneficiary. If the second invoice is not settled, the beneficiary is contacted by telephone by billing...