Doctors sound the alarm about insurance company ‘downcoding’

Doctors sound the alarm about insurance company ‘downcoding’

With the red tape of health insurance already causing frustration for millions of Americans, doctors are helping to shed light on a common industry practice: downcoding. This occurs when insurance companies change claims to save money, and experts say it is yet another way in which health insurance plays into a rigged system.What is downcoding?When downcoding, insurance companies “automatically downgrade the claims a doctor sends them to a lower…