Findings on Health Insurance Reported by G.R. Burstein et al (Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing…

Findings on Health Insurance Reported by G.R. Burstein et al (Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing and Insurance Claims Process)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Data detailed on Health Insurance have been presented. According to news reporting originating from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "The importance of protecting confidential health care for adolescents and young adults is well documented."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research, "State and federal confidentiality protections exist for both minors and young adults, although the laws vary among states, particularly for minors. However, such confidentiality is potentially violated by billing practices and in the processing of health insurance claims."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "To address this problem, policies and procedures should be established so that health care billing and insurance claims processes do not impede the ability of providers to deliver essential health care services on a confidential basis to adolescents and young adults covered as dependents on a family's health insurance plan."

For more information on this research see: Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing and Insurance Claims Process. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016;58(3):374-377. Journal of Adolescent Health can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Adolescent Health - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-adolescent-health/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G.R. Burstein, Center Adolescent Hlth & Law, Chapel Hill, NC, United States. Additional authors for this research include M.J. Blythe, J.S. Santelli and A. English (see also Health Insurance).

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